A successful FOI request has revealed the number of fines relating to school absences in the Salisbury area in the last academic year (2023-24).
Wiltshire Council issued 1168 penalty fines in relation to school absences across Salisbury and surrounding areas during that period. The council can fine parents £80 if a child has missed more than five days of school without good reason.
Broken down by school, these are:
The council can fine parents £80 if a child has missed more than five days of school without good reason.
Broken down by Wiltshire school (in the Salisbury Journal circulation area), these are:
Alderbury & West Grimstead Church of England Primary School: 7
Amesbury Archer Primary School: 37
Amesbury Primary School: 6
Avon Valley Academy, Durrington: 42
Bemerton St John Church of England Aided Primary School:11
Broad Chalke CofE Primary School: 8
Bulford St Leonard’s CE (VA) Primary School: 10
Coombe Bissett Church of England Primary School: 7
Downton CofE VA Primary School: 26
Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant’s School: 11
Durrington Church of England Controlled Junior School: 22
Gomeldon Primary School: 3
Great Wishford: 7
Greentrees Primary School, Salisbury: 33
Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School, Salisbury: 20
Harnham Infant School, Salisbury: 15
Kings Gate Academy, Amesbury: 19
Larkhill Primary School: 12
Longford CofE (VC) Primary School, Britford: 3
Ludgershall Castle Primary School: 14
Mere School: 26
Netheravon All Saints CE Primary School: 6
New Close Community School, Warminster: 3
Bishop Wordsworth’s School, Salisbury: 2
Manor Fields Primary School, Salisbury: 14
Sarum Academy, Salisbury: 58
Sarum St Paul’s CofE (VA) Primary School, Salisbury: 18
St Andrew’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock: 22
St John’s Church of England Primary School, Tisbury: 15
St Jospeh’s Catholic School, Salisbury: 48
St Martin’s CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Salisbury: 19
St Osmund’s Catholic Primary School, Salisbury: 7
St Peter’s CE Primary Academy, Salisbury: 53
The Stonehenge School, Amesbury: 83
The New Forest CofE (VA) Primary School at Landford, Nomansland & Hamptworth: 19
The Trafalgar School, Downton: 43
The Wellington Academy, Tidworth: 45
Wellington Eagles Primary Academy, Ludgershall: 15
Wellington Lions Primary Academy, Tidworth: 17
Whiteparish All Saints Church of England Primary School: 21
Wilton Primary School: 8
Winterslow Church of England Aided Primary School: 11
Woodford Valley Church of England Aided School: 14
Woodlands Primary School, Salisbury: 15
Wylye Valley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School: 21
Wyvern St Edmund’s, Salisbury: 125
Zouch Academy (The White Horse Federation), Tidworth: 5
If a school is not listed, it means no fines were issued for pupils at that school.
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