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How to manage internal truancy

Understand how to monitor and respond to internal truancy, and how to support individual pupils to attend lessons.

Last reviewed on 22 October 2024
School types: All•School phases: All•Ref: 49893
Contents
  1. Internal truancy is when pupils are in school but not in class
  2. Have clear communication systems in place
  3. Track incidents to respond to wider patterns
  4. Maintain a visible staff presence around the school
  5. Understand and respond to the reasons behind truancy
  6. Have different consequences for consistent and occasional truants

Internal truancy is when pupils are in school but not in class

If they attend morning and afternoon registration, usually at form time, this won’t show up as absences in your attendance data.

However, internal truancy is a safeguarding issue, as you can’t supervise pupils if you don’t know where they are. As well as this, any areas where pupils might be truanting, such as toilets, may be less safe for other pupils. 

Internal truancy also means that pupils are missing education and are at risk of falling behind.

Have clear communication systems in place

Appoint someone to monitor whether registers have been taken. This could be your attendance officer, or a senior