School Attendance: Fixed Penalty Notice Code of conduct

8.Authorised officers

  1. Fixed Penalty Notices are issued by the Local Authority to avoid duplicate notices
  2. Where the school request that the Local Authority issues the penalty notice, they need to:
    • Ensure the circumstances of the child’s absence meet all the requirements of this Code.
    • Send a referral to the Local Authority within 10 working days of the final warning letter being sent to parents.
    • Ensure the issuing of a Fixed Penalty Notice does not conflict with or undermine other intervention strategies in place or other enforcement sanctions already underway.
  3. The request will need to include the following documents, failure to provide these may mean the FPN will not be issued:
    • Registration certificate of attendance for current and previous academic year
    • Completed headteachers certificate.
    • Copies of correspondence sent to parents.
    • Copy of the Early Help Assessment and plan and/or School Attendance Plan and evidence of how the child and parents have been engaged.
  4. The Local Authority will respond with the outcome to all requests within 10 working days of the request being heard by either the Local Authority School Attendance Panel or the FPN panel, notifying the school of any intended action.
  5. Provided the request has met all the criteria the Local Authority will issue a Fixed Penalty Notice by post.
  6. The Local Authority will inform the school by e-mail about whether penalty notices are paid, withdrawn, or prosecuted for non-payment.