Attendance

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School attendance, fines and parent relationships

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Headteacher Update Summer Edition 2025

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Slow and steady: School attendance continues to improve

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Headteachers 'under siege' by parental complaints culture

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One week to go: Headteacher Update's 17th National Pupil Premium Event set to hit Birmingham

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Internal alternative provision in the primary school

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February 4 marked last day of school for severely absent students

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PANS and PANDAS: Supporting affected pupils

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Attendance improves marginally after 22% increase in parental fines

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Children not in school registers draw closer as MPs debate Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

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Children missing education: Around 305,000 pupils aged 5 to 15 are missing from schools entirely

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Parental disengagement hampering efforts to reduce unauthorised and persistent absence