The resource has been compiled by education charity School-Home Support and aligns with the government guidance Working together to improve school attendance.
It offers advice for improving school attendance policies, resources and templates for use by schools, tips on building a “culture of good attendance” with families and help in identifying and addressing the underlying causes of absence through whole family support.
The core theme of the materials is building strong relationships with families in order to understand and tackle barriers to good school attendance.
Attendance figures for the last academic year show that 17.2% of primary pupils were persistently absent, meaning they missed more than 10% of sessions. Meanwhile, overall absence stands at 6% for primary schools. However, absence rates across all ages rise to 11.4% for disadvantaged pupils, 13.3% for pupils with Education, Health and Care Plans, 11.1% for those with SEN (for more, see our recent report here).
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