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Torfaen Schools Newsletter Information on Fixed Penalty Notices linked to unauthorised absence:
Following Welsh Government Legislation, Torfaen County Borough Council has adopted a Code of Conduct which allows the Local Authority to issue Fixed Penalty Notices to the parents of pupils who loose five school days or ten school sessions which are unauthorised.
Protocols and procedures in relation to Fixed Penalty Notices
Issue of a Fixed Penalty Notice
A Fixed Penalty Notice can only be issued in cases of unauthorised absence;
Fixed Penalty Notices will be restricted to one notice per parent of a pupil in an academic year;
In cases where there is more than one poorly-attending pupil in a family, Notices may be issued for more than one child;
There will be no restriction on the number of times a parent may receive a formal warning of a possible Fixed Penalty Notice
Fixed Penalty Notices may be considered appropriate when:
At least 10 sessions (5 school days) are lost due to unauthorised absence during the current term. These do not need to be consecutive;
Unauthorised absences of at least 10 sessions (5 school days) due to holidays in term time or delayed return from extended holidays; or
Persistent late arrival at school, i.e. after the register has closed, in the current term. “Persistent” means at least 10 sessions of late arrival;
Truancy, where the child has come to the attention of the Police or public during school hours for being absent from school, without an acceptable reason.
Fixed Penalty Notices are currently set at £60 and must be paid within 28 days. Non-payment within this timeframe results in a total Penalty of £120. Non-payment of fines will result in prosecution.
Further information for parents can be found on the Torfaen Council Borough web-site at:
http://www.torfaen.gov.uk/en/EducationLearning/SchoolsColleges/AttendanceBehaviourWelfare/NonAttendance/Non-Attendance-FixedPenaltyNotices.aspx

Newyddlen Gwybodaeth Ysgolion Torfaen am Hysbysiadau Cosb Benodedig sy’n gysylltiedig ag absenoldeb anawdurdodedig:
Yn dilyn Deddfwriaeth Llywodraeth Cymru, mae Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen wedi mabwysiadau Cod Ymddygiad sy’n caniatáu i’r Awdurdod Lleol gyflwyno Hysbysiadau Cosb Benodedig i rieni disgyblion sy’n methu pum diwrnod ysgol neu ddeg sesiwn ysgol heb ganiatâd.
Protocolau a gweithdrefnau mewn perthynas â Hysbysiadau Cosb Benodedig
Cyflwyno Hysbysiad Cosb Benodedig
Mewn achosion o absenoldeb anawdurdodedig yn unig y gellir cyflwyno Hysbysiad Cosb Benodedig;
Cyfyngir Hysbysiadau Cosb Benodedig i un hysbysiad fesul rhiant disgybl mewn blwyddyn academaidd;
Mewn achosion pan fydd presenoldeb gwael gan fwy nag un disgybl mewn teulu, gellir cyflwyno Hysbysiadau ar gyfer mwy nag un plentyn;
Ni fydd cyfyngiad ar nifer yr achlysuron y gellir rhybuddio rhiant yn ffurfiol o’r posibilrwydd o dderbyn Hysbysiad Cosb Benodedig
Gellir ystyried y bydd Hysbysiadau Cosb Benodedig yn briodol pan fydd:
Disgybl yn methu o leiaf 10 sesiwn (5 diwrnod ysgol) oherwydd absenoldeb awdurdodedig yn ystod y tymor cyfredol. Nid oes angen iddynt fod yn ddiwrnodau olynol;
Absenoldebau anawdurdodedig o, o leiaf 10 sesiwn (5 diwrnod ysgol) oherwydd gwyliau yn ystod y tymor neu oedi cyn dychwelyd i’r ysgol yn dilyn gwyliau estynedig; neu pan fydd
Disgybl yn cyrraedd yr ysgol yn hwyr yn gyson, hy ar ôl i’r gofrestr gau, yn y tymor cyfredol. Mae “cyson” yn golygu cyrraedd o leiaf 10 sesiwn yn hwyr;
Triwantiaeth, pan fydd disgybl yn dod at sylw’r heddlu neu’r cyhoedd yn ystod oriau ysgol, a hynny am fod yn absennol o’r ysgol, heb reswm derbyniol.
Codir £60 am Hysbysiad Cosb Benodedig ar hyn o bryd a rhaid ei dalu o fewn 28 diwrnod. Mae methu â thalu o fewn y cyfnod hwn yn arwain at gosb o £120. Bydd methu â thalu dirwyon yn arwain at erlyniad.
Gall rieni gael hyd i wybodaeth bellach ar wefan Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen, ar:
http://www.torfaen.gov.uk/en/EducationLearning/SchoolsColleges/AttendanceBehaviourWelfare/NonAttendance/Non-Attendance-FixedPenaltyNotices.aspx