Attendance Resources for Schools and Professionals
The Department for Education and other agencies have published a number of effective practice resources to support schools in managing attendance. These include:
The latest attendance guidance which sets out expectations for schools, trusts and local authorities.
Working together to improve school attendance
A number of webinars focussed on effective attendance practice for schools, trusts and local authorities.
Improving attendance: good practice for schools and multi-academy trusts - Case study
An attendance data dashboard showing data at a national, regional and local authority level which is updated on a fortnightly basis.
Pupil attendance and absence in schools in England
Guidance from the National Health Service about where illness might affect a pupil’s attendance at school.
Is my child too ill for school?
Supplementary guidance for schools and local authorities related to mental health and attendance.
Mental health issues affecting a pupil's attendance: guidance for schools
A rapid evidence review of attendance interventions from the Education Endowment Foundation website.
Attendance interventions rapid evidence assessment
A number of written case studies where schools share their techniques for managing attendance, using text messages to remind parents of their child’s attendance, and working with the community to tackle the root causes of absence.
Texting parents: our key to success in tackling absence
How to improve your child's attendance and where to get support from The Education Hub
How to improve your child's attendance
School Attendance Toolkit: A toolkit to help schools tackle persistent absence from School Home Support
School Attendance Toolkit
Moments Matter, Attendance Counts: Attendance communications toolkit for schools
Attendance Communications Toolkit
Arranging education for children who cannot attend school because of health needs
Children commissioners guide for Attendance Officers
Gypsy, Roma and travellers report
Learning from the first year of the attendance adviser programme
Providing remote education: non-statutory guidance for schools
Nottingham City Council have wrtten a number of documents to support schools in managing attendance. These include:
A graduated, partnership approach to improving attendance
Allocated Education Welfare Officers for schools
Attendance management presentation
Legal Documents
Education Welfare and EOTAS Service enforcement policy
The national framework for penalty notices for school absence and EWS working practice
Nottingham City Council code of conduct in relation to penalty notices
Nottingham City Council penalty notice guidance
Nottingham City Council Unauthorised Absence Template Letters
Registration Codes
Attendance codes descriptions, 2024
Schools Service Offer and Training