Note: 'parents/carers' means all those with parental and day-to-day responsibility of a child or young person.
Build relationships with families, understand barriers to attendance and work together to remove them
In the first instance your school is expected to support pupils and parents/carers by:
- Working together to understand and address any in-school barriers to attendance
- Meeting with the families of those pupils at risk of persistent or severe absence, and agreeing actions or interventions to improve the situation
- Making referrals to services and organisations that can provide support
Where absence intensifies, you're expected to work with your Local Authority (LA) and other relevant partners to provide additional support, such as:
- Provision of mentoring, careers advice, 1-2-1 tuition or out-of-hours learning
- An education, health and care (EHC) plan or alternative provision
- Holding more formal conversations with the parents/carers and pupils
Use a attendance contract
