# The Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) Regulations 2007, Regulation 4: Duty on schools to set targets to reduce absence


(1) The governing body must set a target and must submit it to the local education authority—
(a) by 31st December 2007 for the school year commencing in 2008; and
(b) for each subsequent school year, by 31st December of the preceding year.
(2) The annual target is the total number of absences which the governing body intends that pupils at the school will not exceed in the school year, expressed as a percentage of the total possible attendances by pupils at the school.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2261/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-attendance-targets-england-regulations-2007/regulation-4
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