# The Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) Regulations 1999, Regulation 5: Condition precedent


(1) This regulation applies to a school in respect of any school year where the school’s unauthorised absence rate for that year exceeds the national average for that year by at least 3 percentage points.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation the “national average”, in relation to a school year, means–
(a) in relation to a primary school, other than a special school, the aggregated unauthorised absence rate in that year for every such school in England divided by the total number of such schools in England;
(b) in relation to a secondary school, other than a special school, the aggregated unauthorised absence rate in that year for every such school in England divided by the total number of such schools in England; and
(c) in relation to a special school, the aggregated unauthorised absence rate in that year for every maintained special school in England divided by the total number of maintained special schools in England.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/397/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-attendance-targets-england-regulations-1999/regulation-5
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