School Attendance Conference 2025

Spend a day in the life of a delegate as we reflect on the School Attendance Conference 2025, a chance for school leaders and attendance officers to exchange knowledge, skills and solutions to promote attendance.
The Importance of Early Years AttendanceÂ

Early Years attendance is essential to build the foundation for academic success later in school and life. Find out how to support positive attendance in EYFS.
Whole school approaches to good attendanceÂ

Improving attendance extends beyond targeted interventions and home visits. In this blog, we explore whole school approaches to good attendance, helping you build an inclusive learning environment for all.
Inclusion and Education

Ella and Sarah from our Pupil Attendance and Safeguarding team discuss and explore an education that includes everyone, talking about a whole school approach and why it is so important to create a community around Inclusive Practice, whilst discussing some of the barriers that we face.
Poverty and School AttendanceÂ

A growing number of children are living in poverty and school attendance is falling as a result. Discover strategies and solutions to help pupils and their families overcome poverty-related barriers to school attendance.
The first term is nearly over, now it is time to review attendance!Â

Now that Working Together to Improve School Attendance (2024) is fully established and embedded within your provision, it’s time to review attendance.
Parental Engagement and Attendance

Lauren and Ella discuss the importance of strong parental engagement in schools, particularly when it comes to attendance. The barriers, overcoming these challenges and the positive outcomes when we get it right.
Working Together to Improve School Attendance – Blog 7/2/2022
Safeguarding blog written by Alyson Knowles- 28th October 2023
Parent agreement – Attendance
Making and Responding to Absence Calls
Checklist for Parent Friendly Attendance Policy
Making and Responding to Absence Calls