Enabling the context of change:
Children and young people can miss school for a variety of reasons, for some the idea of attending can be difficult, even cause anxiety. Our compassionate approach helps children and young people back to regular attendance.
Our work:
- Meaningful support – providing support at the point of need, to children, young people and families.
- Active participation – helping children and young people become active participants in their achievements.
- Removing barriers – by providing whole family support and/or coordinating multi-agency support.
- Developing strategies – to improve attendance at individual, school and community levels.
- Facilitating change – helping to deliver change where change is needed (e.g. culture, processes, behaviours).
Our ideas:
- Putting children and young people first – to ensure service and support is centred on their needs.
- Prevention by design – to prevent pupil absence and associated risks: educational underachievement, poor mental health and wellbeing, antisocial behaviour and crime.
Our themes:
- Relevance – listening to the voices, needs and aspirations of children and young people and putting these at the heart of support.
- Developing capabilities – in children and young people to promote interest, agency and purpose for learning.
- Capacity – to develop understanding about the drivers behind pupil absence so that effective cross-cutting solutions can be achieved.
Support options:
We support schools and local authorities develop attendance practice through the following areas:
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