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

There were just two fines in relation to pupil absence at Bishop Wordsworth's schoolThere were just two fines in relation to pupil absence at Bishop Wordsworth's School (Image: Newsquest)

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

125 fines were issued in relation to absence from Wyvern St Edmund's125 fines were issued in relation to absence from Wyvern St Edmund's (Image: Newsquest)

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.