Almost 20,000 people prosecuted for pupil absences in 2015

Jon Platt and his wife, Sally Platt, outside the supreme court where their dispute with Isle of Wight council is due to be decided on Thursday.Parents who took their children out of school without permission were punished with fines, community sentences and even prison, the Ministry of Justice information showed.A total of eight people were handed jail terms, while 553 were given community sentences.