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8.—(1) Where—
(a)the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is appropriate; and
(b)it appears to the Secretary of State that the level of persistent absence in a school is higher than the national average level of persistent absence,
the Secretary of State may give notice to the governing body of that school in accordance with regulation 9 that it is to set a target to reduce the level of persistent absence in that school.
(2) The target to be set is the total number of pupils in that school who are persistently absent expressed as a percentage of the total number of relevant day pupils for that school.
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