Taking a fresh look at attendance
Emma Meadus, headteacher of Coppice Valley Primary School in Harrogate, describes why off-the-shelf attendance policies don’t always work
Guide to an effective counselling service
Samantha Garner gives advice on the structure you should have in place to ensure that your counselling provision properly meets your students’ needs.
Attendance and Ofsted: Is it still just a numbers game?
Tony Powell looks at whether Ofsted inspectors are still constrained by grade descriptors linked to data and asks whether good practice now plays a larger part than in the past.
Selecting mental health interventions
Samantha Garner provides starting points for schools that are looking to expand their mental health interventions for students and staff.
Joanne Sierzega summarises the results of the 2018/19 full year data and gives guidance on how attendance officers can use it to support their own analysis
Working together: Strategic and child-centred approaches
Victoria Franklin explains how these two approaches to attendance don’t have to be at odds with one another.
How to work effectively with other staff
In the second of two articles, Matt Bromley outlines three important factors when working collaboratively with colleagues, with a focus on engaging with new and supply staff.
The attendance officer is in a froPntline position to spot safeguarding issues. Richard Steward outlines some important factors in carrying out your responsibilities.
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Mental health in the workplace
As teaching staff and headteachers continue to leave the profession under the pressures of workload and accountability, Yvonne Hardiman takes a timely look at mental health in the workplace.
How can schools support children with attachment difficulties to get high-quality outcomes in mainstream schools? Assistant headteacher Aimee Cave explains her approach.
