Parents are to face bigger fines for taking their children out of school as the Government introduces more measures to drive up attendance. Schools will also now be required to share daily attendance registers with education officials, councils and trusts so that the data can be used to identify ‘worrying trends’ of persistent absence. From September, parent fines for unauthorised absences are being increased as part of reforms to ‘tackle inconsistencies in their use’. A fine, says the Government, must be considered if a child misses five days of school for unauthorised absence – such as takin…