Should we use 100% attendance awards?
The use of incentives to reward pupils who attend every day is common practice in…
Knife crime: The critical role of schools
Knife crime is on the increase and schools can feel helpless when it comes to…
Q. I am the attendance lead in an infant school and I have been asked by the senior leadership team to put a rewards and attendance incentive initiative into place. I am uncomfortable with this as our children are very little and reliant on parents to secure their attendance at school. Is it good practice to reward the attendance of children?
A. Rewarding good attendance and promoting the importance of regular attendance can have a positive…
Q. I have taken a post in a new school that is in a different local authority. In my previous school, we applied for a penalty notice to be issued each time a child had 10 unauthorised leave of absence sessions. I have been told that the process is different in this local authority. Is that correct?
A. Each local authority (LA) must have a code of conduct for the issue of…
Q. Where can I find comparative absence and persistent absence (PA) data?
A. The DfE publishes three sets of absence data during the course of the academic…
Q. We have three pupils currently on reduced/part-time timetables. How should we code these in the register?
A. To support a child or young person’s attendance at school, meet medical or special educational…
Attendance Matters Magazine Issue 23
A five-point plan for successful attendance management Matt Bromley outlines the five stages in the…
Checklist – School safeguarding policy
To download this document, click on the link: Checklist – School safeguarding policy
Safeguarding: Still a priority
The framework may have changed but one thing remains consistently important. Safeguarding is one aspect…
Fabricated or induced illness
Fabricated illness stems from a mental health problem in which a care giver makes up…