Attendance

We get reduced timetables wrong. Here’s how to get them right

Interpretation of the DfE’s attendance guidance too often puts the school’s needs first and fails to deliver what anxious...

JL Dutaut
Steve Bladon
Attendance

£2.3m absence mentoring pilot reaches just half of target

And just half of those reached achieved improved attendance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

ASCL president urges ‘change of tone’ as parental disputes drive absence

Politicians and commentators 'far too quick to take potshots at schools', says trust CEO John Camp

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Home visits are part of a strong attendance policy

We must have the difficult conversation about parents who don’t play by the rules if we’re going to change...

JL Dutaut
David Scales
Attendance

One in four severely absent kids ‘rejected’ for social care support

New children's commissioner report calls for 'joined-up approach' on poor school attendance

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Attendance

Absence fines: 1 in 5 pupils could fall below threshold

Around 1.7m children could now face fines, analysis finds, with 40 per cent of disadvantaged year 10 pupils below...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Attendance: Another fine mess the government’s got us into

Punishing struggling families by making them struggle more is outdated, regressive and completely counter-productive

JL Dutaut
Ed Dorrell
Attendance

Absence fines rake in £19m as schools and councils get strict

Takings from absence fines were 17.5% higher last year than before the pandemic

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Bigger absence fines won’t solve the problem, attendance tsar admits

Rob Tarn speaks to Schools Week about his plans for the new role

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson