# The Education (School Attendance Targets)(England) Regulations 2005, Regulation 4: Duty to set school attendance targets


(1) The governing body shall set a target and shall submit it to the local education authority–
(a) by 1st April 2005 for the school year commencing later in that year;
(b) by 31st December 2005 for the school year commencing in 2006; and
(c) by 31st December 2006 for the school year commencing in 2007.
(2) The annual target shall be the total absences expected 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/2005/58/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-attendance-targetsengland-regulations-2005/regulation-4
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