A BRADFORD parent is to face court accused of failing to ensure their kid was in school for four months.

The mum is set to appear at Kirklees Magistrates' Court tomorrow (April 8), as is another Bradford parent - a father - who has allegedly failed to ensure their child was in school for two months.

Both have been charged with being a parent of a child of compulsory school age registered at a school who failed to attend regularly, but they cannot be named for legal reasons to protect the identities of their children.

The mother, who is from the east of Bradford, allegedly failed to ensure her 14-year-old daughter was attending her secondary school regularly for just over four months, between June and October last year.

Meanwhile, the father, who also resides in the east of Bradford, allegedly failed to ensure his eight-year-old son was attending his primary school regularly for just over two months, between September and November in 2021.

The Supreme Court said in April 2017 that attending school "regularly" means attendance in accordance with the rules prescribed by the school and not "sufficiently frequent attendance". 

A parent whose child is absent without authorisation when they are aware and failed to act can be fined up to £2,500 and face up to three months in prison.

If the parent was unaware, they are still guilty, but would face a lesser fine, of up to £1,000.