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Leading School Attendance Improvement Summit: Working together to implement change

Tue, 21 May 2024

Virtual, Online

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“Disadvantaged pupils are more likely to miss school. The latest national statistics showed 33.6% of pupils who were eligible for free school meals were persistently absent in Autumn 2021, compared to 20.0% of pupils who were not eligible.”

Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils Inquiry

“As Children’s Commissioner, I have made school attendance one of my top priorities because children tell me how much they value their education and want to be in school. Every day counts: when children miss school, it’s not just about missing lessons, it’s also about losing valuable moments spent with their friends and teachers.”

Rachel De Souza, Children’s Commissioner

“Tackling attendance is my number one priority. We want all our children to have the best start in life because we know that attending school is vital to a child’s wellbeing, development, and attainment as well as impact future career success.”

Gillian Keegan, Education Secretary, February 2024

“The pupils with the highest attainment at the end of key stage 2 and key stage 4 have higher rates of attendance over the key stage compared to those with the lowest attainment. ”

Working together to improve school attendance guidance

New Guidance on tackling school attendance will become statutory from September 2024. The new measures mean that schools will have to share their daily attendance records with the DfE and Local Authorities.  It will also set out a national framework for the use of penalty notices in an attempt to develop a more consistent approach, this will sit alongside an increase in the fine amounts for unauthorised absences.

This essential conference will bring you up to date on all of the proposed changes, when to expect them and what they will look like in practice. It’ll help you prepare for what you need to do now, to stay ahead of regulation change and ensure you are able to take a fresh look at your whole school approach to improving school attendance.

Who should attend?

Headteachers, Assistant Heads, Deputy Heads, Attendance Leads, Heads of Year, Education Welfare Officers, School Business Managers, Pastoral Leads, SENCOs and Designated Safeguarding Leads

This conference will enable you to:

  • Ensure you are completely up to date with all of the current and proposed changes in the area of school attendance

  • Implement the ‘Working together to improve school attendance guidance’

  • Be prepared and get your new school attendance policy in place

  • Understand the governments expectations in relation to data sharing

  • Improve your data recording procedures and put in place clear practices on regular analysis to allow for

  • identification of concerning patterns

  • Devise a plan for reengaging and supporting pupils who are persistently or severely absence

  • Work with the local authority to tackle persistent absence in particular cases of concern

  • Think strategically about school attendance so that you can embed a whole school culture that promotes the

  • benefits of high attendance levels

  • Understand the role of the attendance champion and the impact it could have for your school

  • Consider the additional support needed for disadvantaged pupils to improve their attendance rates

  • Work effectively to improve attendance for children with anxiety based school avoidance

  • Consider how you engage with parents and the community on school attendance, looking at problem areas for 2024 and how to approach them

Speakers include:

John Leese

Consultant in Education Safeguarding, Attendance and Investigations
Azure Education Consultancy Ltd

Victoria Franklin CQSW ILM

Attendance Management & Improvement Consultant and DFE Attendance Adviser
Bristol Hospital Education Service

Christina Jones

Chief Executive Officer
River Tees Multi-Academy Trust

Exhibition & Sponsorship Packages

This conference offers a valuable opportunity for industry suppliers to personally meet with their target audience where they will have time to talk and demonstrate the benefits of their products. High quality specialist audiences make having a presence at our events a highly targeted and cost effective marketing channel.

Why Exhibit?

Having a presence at this event will give you the opportunity to:

  • Demonstrate your product, system or service
  • Network and engage with your key audience  
  • Generate new business leads
  • Gain exposure for your brand and raise the profile of your organisation
  • Understand the current needs of your audience and challenges they’re facing
  • Update your knowledge of national policy and local developments  

Enquire

Contact Carolyn Goodbody for exhibition and sponsorship prices, or to discuss a tailored package to suit your needs and budget.

Fee Options

Virtual NHS, Schools, Care and Public Sector

£295.00

(£354.00)

(Prices in brackets include VAT)

Discounts

Additional delegate discount:

A discount of 15% will be applied to fees for any extra delegates.

Online discount:

A discount of 10% will be applied if you pay using the website.

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