Paragraph 5 I1

The head teacher of every school shall, in respect of each morning and afternoon of every school day of the school, cause to be recorded in any attendance register required to be kept by virtue of paragraph 1 of this Schedule the absence of any pupil whose name is contained in the attendance register F1, and, except in the case of pupils in stage S6, whether such absence is authorised or unauthorised.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a pupil’s absence shall be recorded as authorised where the education authority consider that he is absent with reasonable excuse within the meaning of section 42 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, or is in receipt of a current exemption from school attendance under section 34 of that Act, but otherwise such absence shall be recorded as unauthorised.