Attendance Plus was created in 2016 by Alex Jones. Alex has an extensive experience of managing local authority children’s services and brings this knowledge and expertise to the area of school attendance.
Importance of psychology
Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS), Alex incorporates psychological perspectives to help understand attendance difficulties. Such perspectives help children and young people gain deeper insights and understanding about their attendance difficulties, thereby creating the necessary context of change.
Improvement planning and OFSTED
Alex has worked extensively in the areas of improvement planning and self-evaluation (SEF). An experienced project manager, Alex brings these skills to help schools implement Whole School Approaches, thereby improving overall attendance and evidencing impact (e.g. to Ofsted).
Child poverty and narrowing the gap
Having successfully led Child Poverty and Narrowing the Gap strategies, Alex was invited to contribute to the British Psychological Society Expert Reference Group ‘From Poverty to Flourishing’, the senate campaign 2020 – 2022.
