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On 18th November 2024, the Department for Education published a proposal aimed at overhauling the children’s social care system. The new Keeping Children Safe, Helping
As part of their commitment to share information with schools, Ofsted have released three videos detailing how they monitor and inspect attendance. This is a
As an increasing number of families turn to tutors for academic support for their children, the prevalence and sophistication of online learning platforms have significantly
The DfE has recently published its attendance statistics from Autumn 23 to Spring 24. Although absence increased from the Autumn term to the Spring one,
The Children’s Commissioner has published a report warning that more than 11500 children in England went missing from education over the course of a year.
Schools sharing attendance information with the Department for Education (mandatory for all schools from Aug 2024) now have the choice to utilize a new feature
The DfE have released a series of dates over the next few months to support the implementation of the “Working Together to Improve School Attendance”
The DfE has announced updates to the attendance guidance, including a mandatory reporting of attendance to the DfE, updates to penalty notice guidance to create
Attendance towards the end of a week or the end of a term (particularly where it is a short week!) can often be tricky to
An interesting breakdown of how attendance impacts on individual groups of pupils – broadly speaking children with identified SEND needs often have higher rates of
The FFT data lab have been investigating whether there is a correlation between absence levels and the distance pupils live from school. Although intuition would
The Department for Education has released new dates for Schools, Local Authorities or Trusts to register for webinars to support behaviour and attendance. The webinar
