Guidance, policies and templates

Essential documents, guidance and templates to help support schools improve school attendance.

Overview

The role of the Attendance Specialist Team is to support schools in fulfilling their responsibilities as prescribed within the Department for Education guidance document September 2022 Working Together to Improve School Attendance (applicable until Sunday 18 Aug​ust 2024).

We aim to:

  • encourage schools to adopt early intervention practises to avoid persistent or severe absences
  • support schools to develop strategies which reflect their attendance policy to improve whole school attendance
  • provide information, advice and guidance
  • offer ongoing training opportunities throughout the academic year, which focus on specific areas of absence or attendance improvement
  • hold a range of resources for schools and settings to access which are current, legally and factually correct

Download the roles and responsibilities of the Attendance Specialist Team and Attendance Compliance Team (Word, 25.4KB) for further information.