Attendance guidance and good practice for schools, LAs and others
This section aims to provide LAs, schools, headteachers, teachers, governors,
and other agencies with information on school attendance issues, and share
examples of good practice that have been introduced by individual schools and
LAs.
- Improving attendance and reducing persistent
absence
This good practice manual is intended to help schools gain the understanding and tools to improve attendance and reduce persistent absence. - Effective attendance practice in schools: An
overview
The document provides an overview of the themes that schools have found useful in relation to school attendance. - Effective attendance practice in schools: Advice
for governors
The document sets out some approaches based on effective practice, followed by schools that have made improvements in attendance. - Improving attendance: Guidance for academies
This area identifies effective practice that academies may wish to adopt when considering attendance policy and practice. - Effective attendance practice at the LA
level
The document sets out effective practice in leadership, management and support for schools. - Guidance on the attendance of pupils with special education
needs (SEN)
The new guidance on the attendance of pupils with SEN has been produced to support headteachers, governors, school, Children's Services attendance leaders and all personnel working in special and mainstream schools which contain pupils with SEN. This document aims to help schools to improve levels of attendance of pupils with SEN. - National Audit Office: Improving school attendance — a
summary for schools
This leaflet was written to disseminate the lessons from the National Audit Office report, Improving school attendance in England. - Every lesson counts: Communications
toolkit
This communications toolkit was developed by the DCSF to give LAs examples and tools to communicate Every Lesson Counts and to help you share best practice, engage regional partners and generate media coverage for initiatives.
Last updated: 28 August 2009
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