Targeting Support Meetings (TSMs)

At a Targeting Support Meeting, we will usually discuss:

• the overall trends in your school’s data and emerging patterns
• comparisons to National and Essex averages for the school's phase (where available)
• your severely absent pupils on roll (50% or below attendance)
• your persistently absent pupils (above 50%, but below 90%), where barriers to attendance indicate a multi-agency response may be required

The aims of TSMs include:

• building on strong relationships and enhance collaborative working practices
• identifying, discussing and agreeing on action plans and joint approaches for severely absent pupils (where a plan is not already in place)
• discussing and agreeing on approaches for persistently absent pupils where there are barriers to attendance that require a multi-agency response
• where applicable, agreeing on which agency will act as a lead practitioner, which will be the school in most cases