Engaging students and improving attendance
Attendance officers’ key priorities are promoting attendance and absence, ensuring that students do not miss…
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Attendance officer working practices: Finding a new path
Joanne Sierzega asks how we can engage and work with children,parents and families in a…
Managing attendance: Picking up the threads
How can attendance officers begin to identify attendance issues andaddress them after a period of…
How to listen so that young people feel supported
Improving your listening skills can make a huge difference to pupil engagement. In this article,…
Learning to lead
Leadership skills are a useful component of managing staff and influencing people. Louise Wingrove shows you how you can work on your leadership skills.
The attendance officer: How to approach your new role
Starting out in a role as attendance officer can be daunting. In this article, Victoria Franklin outlines how you might approach your new role in three phases and ensure that you are a key figure when it comes to school improvement.
Behaviour induction: How to get new staff up to speed
It is important that any new members of staff are quickly inducted into a school’s approach to behaviour.
Circle of friends
Peers can be extremely important when it comes to tackling issues around bullying and behaviour.
Absence: Then and now
In the first of two reflective articles, Ben Whitney looks at the development of the education system and the requirement to attend.
Clarifying safeguarding changes: How to train your staff
Following the publication of the new guidance ‘Keeping children safe in education’, it is important to keep staff updated.