Improving School Attendance

Helping your pupils get the best from education

Education Welfare Support that suits you

At Peninsula Education, we share your goals – to get children into school everyday so they can achieve their best.

So we’re proud to bring our team of highly-trained and experienced Education Welfare Officers to help you improve your whole school attendance rates, bring individual students with persistent absence problems back into school, and deal with children at risk of exclusion. Build a support package that works for you, and be sure of quick responses, clearly delivered expertise, and fair and flexible payment options every time.

Why invest in Attendance Support?

Poor attendance is known to significantly affect pupil attainment whilst also placing extra pressure on staff and governors by taking them away from other areas of work. It’s for this reason that Ofsted inspections focus heavily on proper attendance monitoring and require evidence of strategies in place to improve attendance where required. 

However, schools don’t often have the extra staff, time, and resources required to increase attendance and can end up stuck in a cycle of low Ofsted grades, increased workload, and ever-decreasing attendance.

But by working with our experienced Education Welfare Officers, you can take advantage of our time, knowledge, and resources to increase your attendance and break the cycle. So your pupils can achieve more academically, and your staff can go back to focusing on providing the best level of teaching to your students.

Strategic Attendance Support

Improving your whole school attendance rate

Boosting overall attendance rates is known to improve attainment and wellbeing for all pupils, not just those who have been absent. 

But improving attendance can be hard if you don’t know where the problem is or which changes to make. Key patterns and areas for improvement can be easy to miss, and even excellent attendance rates can fall unexpectedly if you don’t know the pitfalls to avoid. 

That’s where we come in. We’ll work with you to fine-tune your attendance strategy, using our experience to increase your school’s overall attendance and keep it there. So all your children can get the best out of school and achieve their full potential.

Our Strategic Attendance Support includes:

  • Attendance data reviews
  • Audits of attendance systems and policies
  • Holding attendance clinics
  • Writing attendance reports
  • Preparing for Ofsted inspections
  • Providing telephone & email support

Direct Support with Persistent Absence

Getting individual pupils back into school

Missing even 15 days of school a year can significantly damage a student’s progress, with the effects compounding over time to cause a greater risk of exposure to crime and unemployment later in life. 

But supporting these Children Missing from Education (CME) to return to school can present a difficult challenge, especially if you don’t have the staff, resources or tools to make home visits, chase evidence, and pursue legal action against parents. 

Thankfully, our experienced team is here to help you bring your students back to school every day and keep them there. So they can enjoy a consistent routine and make progress towards their goals. 

Our Direct Support with Persistent Absence includes:

  • Identifying cases of concern
  • Creating an action plan 
  • Making home visits
  • Supervising casework 
  • Providing legal support
  • Telephone & email support

Support with Children at Risk of Exclusion

Permanent exclusions are a sanction supported by the Government only when used as a last resort to protect the welfare of other members of the school and in the event of a serious breach of behaviour policy. Failing to follow exclusions procedures correctly could lead to unfair, unreasonable, and unlawful exclusions, or result in reasonable exclusions being overturned, endangering the welfare of other school members.

But with the timely support of one of our experienced Education Welfare Officers, you can prevent a serious behavioural situation from escalating and the child needing to be excluded unless absolutely necessary. And in unavoidable instances our team will guide both your staff and governors in following the correct process, to ensure the fairest and best possible outcome for all involved.

Exclusion Guidance For Headteachers

Deciding whether or not to permanently exclude a student can be extremely difficult. There are multiple factors to consider – their behaviour in line with previous offences and your school’s behaviour policy; the impact on that child’s education versus the impact their behaviour is having on the education of other students, and whether the exclusion would be discriminatory based on protected characteristics. It is important for the welfare of your students and staff, for future Ofsted inspections, and for legal reasons, that you make the correct decision.

To support you in this decision, our highly-trained Education Welfare Officers are on hand to provide remote support, talking you through each of these factors in turn, and bringing their wealth of experience to help you arrive at a decision that is best for everyone involved. 

Add this option to your overall support package for when you need it, or get in touch for a one-off conversation, and go away knowing you’ve made the right decision.

Exclusion Guidance For Governors

Following any permanent exclusion, the Governers must review the decision and consider any representation made by the parents or guardians. To avoid unlawful, unfair, or unreasonable exclusions taking place, or running the risk of reasonable exclusions being overturned, this process must be done correctly and in line with the law. 

To ensure this is the case for any exclusion you make, we provide comprehensive training for Governors and Senior Leadership Teams. So you can feel confident in your knowledge of the key legislation and guidance surrounding exclusions and know exactly what to do during the review process. 

Head to our training page to find out more about our flexible learning opportunities. Learn in-person at your school or online wherever and whenever suits you.

How it works

Our support packages are built to suit you and your school’s unique needs, offering flexibility, fairer payment structures, and fast responses when you need them most. See how building a package with us works by following these simple steps below.

Get in touch to improve your attendance

Get in touch

Let us know what kind of support you need via our Contact Us page. And if you're not sure, no problem - we can work it out together.

Hear back from Peninsula Education quickly

Hear back quickly

Our experienced Director will respond within 48 hours, and often much sooner, to arrange your FREE No Obligation Consultation.

Improve your school attendance with our Attendance and Exclusion Support packages

Build your package

Together we'll build a service level agreement that works for you and your staff, covering a variety of options.

Have Peninsula Education on hand to support you in improving attendance and with school exclusion guidance

Have us on hand

We’ll then reserve a certain number of hours per term according to our agreement, so we can be there for you when you need us.

Improve your school attendance while saving money

Save money

No need to pay for any hours you don't use, and you can manage your budgets with ease by paying termly instead of annually.

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Direct Support with Persistent Absence

Boosting your school’s overall attendance

In order to help you successfully increase your attendance rates and keep them high, our experienced team of Education Welfare Officers can provide a number of support options where required. These include:

  • Meeting one-on-one with your Headteacher or Senior Support Staff to review your attendance data.
  • Auditing your existing systems, policies, targets, and strategies to make sure they’re both in line with current DfE guidelines, and working for you.
  • Spotting any patterns, areas of concern, or possibilities for improvement and create action-plans tailored just for you.
  • Meeting regularly with your Attendance Officers to guide them through implementing strategies to achieve the best possible outcome, and to identify any individual cases for concern to be referred for persistent absence support. 
  • Holding regular Attendance Clinics in school for parents, and attending Parents Evening where necessary to give your parents the resources they need for their children to attend school and achieve their best.
  • Preparing Attendance reports for Governing Bodies so you can focus on providing the best education for your pupils.
  • Helping you get ready for Ofsted inspections so you can make sure you’re always putting your best foot forward.
  • Being there to answer any questions by phone or email whenever you need us.


Get in touch to start building your support package today. Pick and choose from our different areas of expertise to create a package that suits your needs and brings your attendance rates up to where you want them to be. Combine Strategic Support with our other areas of support to create a comprehensive Education Welfare Support package.

Direct Support with Persistent Absence

Getting individual pupils back into school

In order to successfully get students with persistent absence problems to return to school and remain attending regularly, our experienced team of Education Welfare Officers can provide a number of support options where required. These include:

  • Meeting with your Senior Support Staff, Headteacher, or Attendance Officers to identify individual attendance concerns, either during our Strategic Support meetings or as and when necessary.
  • Creating a bespoke action plan based on each individual case.
  • Meeting with the parents at school or making home visits, to build a relationship with the parent and work with them to resolve the situation before legal action is required, acting as a key communication channel between the home and school.
  • Providing casework support to Attendance Officers, Pastoral Support Officers, and Family Support Officers.
  • Providing legal support where necessary by sending warning letters on your behalf, chairing and writing the report for Education Planning meetings, preparing penalty notice requests, prosecution documentation, and court papers, as well as attending court where requested.
  • Providing side-by-side training and guidance to your Attendance Officers throughout the process to facilitate excellence in their role.
  • Being there to answer any questions by phone or email throughout the process.


Get in touch to start building your Support Package today. Pick and choose from these different areas of expertise to create a package that suits your needs and brings persistently absent students back into school. Combine our Direct Support with Persistent Absence with our other areas of support to create a comprehensive Education Welfare Support package.

Strategic Attendance Support

Improving your whole school attendance rate

In order to help you successfully increase your attendance rates and keep them high, our experienced team of Education Welfare Officers can provide a number of support options where required. These include:

  • Meeting one-on-one with your Headteacher or Senior Support Staff to review your attendance data.
  • Auditing your existing systems, policies, targets, and strategies to make sure they’re both in line with current DfE guidelines, and working for you.
  • Spotting any patterns, areas of concern, or possibilities for improvement and create action plans tailored just for you.
  • Meeting regularly with your Attendance Officers to guide them through implementing strategies to achieve the best possible outcome, and to identify any individual cases for concern to be referred for persistent absence support. 
  • Holding regular attendance clinics in school for parents, and attending Parents Evening where necessary to give your parents the resources they need for their children to attend school and achieve their best.
  • Preparing attendance reports for Governing Bodies so you can focus on providing the best education for your pupils.
  • Helping you get ready for Ofsted inspections so you can make sure you’re always putting your best foot forward.
  • Being there to answer any questions by phone or email whenever you need us.


Get in touch to start building your support package today. Pick and choose from our different areas of expertise to create a package that suits your needs and brings your attendance rates up to where you want them to be. Combine Strategic Support with our other areas of support to create a comprehensive Education Welfare Support package.