Improving School Attendance Audit Tool

An audit tool, created by school leaders, for evaluating your school's attendance practice across five areas. It is based on the November 2023 blog by Ofsted's Lee Owston, 'Improving school attendance'.

1. Attendance Data: Monitoring and analysis of attendance records.
2. Identifying Barriers to Attendance: Understanding what factors contribute to absenteeism.
3. Implementing strategies to improve attendance.
4. Communication: Enhancing interaction with pupils, parents, and staff regarding attendance issues.
5. Safeguarding: Ensuring pupil safety and wellbeing are accounted for in attendance practices.

​You can find out more about improving attendance by reading our blog here.

Format: Editable word document
Number of pages: 6
Approximate time saved: 12 hours

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