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Persistent school refusal: guidance
When a pupil persistently refuses to come to school, your next steps will depend on the individual pupil. Read this article for information about what to do next, and how to plan for supporting the pupil back into attending school.
- Deprivation and poor school attendance
- Encouraging attendance in the EYFS
- Flexi-schooling: guidance
- Improving attendance: audit and tracking sheets
- Improving attendance: plans and case studies (primary)
- Improving pupil attendance (secondary)
- Improving pupil attendance (special)
- Improving the attendance of pupils eligible for pupil premium funding
- Parenting contracts for poor attendance
- Reduced timetables for pupils
- Research into how attendance can impact attainment
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