Kerry Katona has pleaded guilty today and failing to send her child to school, and has been hit with an £875 fine.

The mum-of-five blamed 'work commitments' and gave no explanation to the school after her child missed a total of 45 days.

The guilty plea was lodged on Kerry's behalf, as she didn't attend court this morning, The Sun reports.

Brighton Magistrates Court heard that Kerry had failed to attend meetings with the school and had received a numerous amount of letters to which she didn't respond.

Defending Katona, Ed Fish said: “Some of the time, Miss Katona has contacted the school and some of the time, she has not.

“The child has missed school sometimes due to work commitments when Miss Katona has been out of the school area and has no child care.”

Gareth Jones, prosecuting on behalf of the education authority, said: "Miss Katona met with council and discussed the importance of her child attending school. Unfortunately attendance got worse and went down to 48 per cent.

“We wanted to make it clear how important it is that the child attends school.”

Mr Fish added: “She has not had childcare and has had to take her children with her. She understands she should have maintained better contact with the school.

“Her financial situation is not great. She was subject to bankruptcy. She is anxious to provide for her children.”

Kerry only admitted the charge this morning after previously denying it, and objected in the previous hearing after members of the press challenged a reporting restriction, which would have prevented the singer from being identified.

Magistrates ruled that she could be identified and amdended the order so that the media could report on the case.

However, Kerry has kept tight lipped about the situation, instead posting an Instagram selfie this morning to her 454k followers.