What is a part-time timetable?
Sometimes schools can use a part-time (reduced) timetable to temporarily support a pupil to access as much education as possible and meet their individual needs. This is explained in paragraph 66 of the DfE's statutory attendance guidance.
It's different from a flexi-schooling arrangement.
This article will focus on how to implement reduced timetables to address attendance barriers for pupils. Read more about part-time timetables for pupils, including your requirements and responsibilities, in our other article.
Part-time timetables should be a last resort
This is because part-time timetables go against a pupil’s statutory right to a full-time education, and should be used only in exceptional circumstances (see our article on part-time timetables for pupils for what counts as exceptional circumstances, and paragraphs 65 and 66 of the statutory attendance guidance).
We spoke to Penny, assistant headteacher and inclusion manager at a primary school in England, about the school’s use of