Attendance

The latest news and professional advice on school attendance, including analysis of attendance data and shared practice on tackling pupil absence and internal truancy

Sunday

9th Jun 2024

Labour: Breakfast clubs plan ‘could cut half a million days of absence’
Labour sets out plan to turn primary school classrooms into 3,300 new nurseries
Labour: Breakfast clubs plan ‘could cut half a million days of absence’

Wednesday

5th Jun 2024

7 practical ways our MAT is tackling attendance
From building a dedicated team to using robots, a director of performance explains how his trust is improving attendance
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Tuesday

14th May 2024

DfE: Schools need ‘strong’ Friday curriculum offer to reduce absence
School system minister Baroness Barran sets out how attendance can be improved among pupils missing between 5 and 15 per cent of lessons
Picture of the day Friday on a clock

Thursday

18th Apr 2024

Absence rates up despite attendance drive
DfE data shows a rise in overall absence and pupils persistently absent last term compared with spring 2022-23
Absence rates up despite attendance drive

Saturday

2nd Dec 2023

Internal truancy: how we cut incidents from 200 to 5 per day
The attendance crisis is not just about getting children into school, it’s also about getting them to attend lessons once they’re there, says head Keziah Featherstone
Internal truancy: how we cut incidents from 200 to 5 per day