Publications
Material here relates to the school attendance issues. Items marked * are currently stored by
Department for Children, Schools and Families
PO Box 5050
Sherwood Park
Annesley
Nottingham
NG15 0DJ
Telephone: 0845 6022260
Fax: 0845 6033360
Email: dcfs@prolog.uk.com
GUIDANCE FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND SCHOOLS ON BEHAVIOUR AND ATTENDANCE - THE GUIDANCE BELOW REPLACES CIRCULARS 10/99 AND 11/99 SOCIAL INCLUSION: PUPIL SUPPORT
Managing Behaviour and Attendance:
Locating Guidance
Managing Pupil Attendance Sept 2006
Responsibility for Educating Pupils Out of School and Reintegrating them into school
Handling Signs of Disaffection
The Legal Framework for School Discipline
Guidance on Pastoral Support Programmes
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*Is your child missing out? School Attendance: Information for Parents Revised Edition 2007
The leaflet comes in 27 languages and each language is only available as a download it is for anyone with a child aged between 5 and 16 who is registered at a school and explains their responsibilities for making sure their child attends school regularly.
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* Your Choice Your Life - A DVD for schools with pupils talking about their experiences of skipping lessons and why they chose to return to school.
*Going to School - Some Think Bubbles - It encourages primary school pupils to think about what might happen when they miss school. It is designed to be used either as a discussion tools in the classroom or for children to look at by themselves, or at home with parents
*Trevor's Dilemma - It is aimed at secondary school students and looks at boredom as a reason for truancy. It uses a comic storyline to explain that staying away from school is not a solution
*Samena's Nightmare - It is aimed at secondary school students and looks at bullying as a reason for truancy. It uses a comic storyline to explain that staying away from school is not a solution
School Registers and the Regulations - A training package for those working with school registers
Improving Behaviour and Attendance - Guidance on Exclusion from Schools and Pupil Referral Units
Guidance on Education Supervision Orders 2007 - Section 36 of the Children Act 1989 empowers local authorities to apply to the courts for an education supervision order in respect of a child of compulsory school age who is not being properly educated
Tackling it Together (Truancy and Crime) - Shares best practice from local areas that have made an impact on attendance and crime reduction and shows multi agency working that has supported this.
Together we can tackle it - A checklist for police and schools working together to tackle truancy, crime and disorder
Key Stage 3 National Strategy - Advice on whole school behaviour and attendance policy
KS3 Toolkit - The behaviour and attendance action plan toolkit.
School Leaving Date for 16 year olds (1997) - Provides information on the introduction of the single school leaving date in June.
School Attendance can effect pupil's attainment - Graphs showing the correlation between attendance and attainment in primary and secondary schools 2003-07.
Average earnings by highest qualification and region2006 - Regional earnings with no qualifications compared to highest qualifications
Every Lesson Counts Comunications Toolkit has been developed to help local authorities, it gives examples and tools to communicate Every Lesson Counts and helps share best practice
Improving School Attendance: A letter from Kevin Brennan MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families which highlights the continuing drive to reduce school absence, including the focus on 'persistent absentee' pupils.
Improving School Attendance: Forward Strategy for 2006-07 - A letter from Schools Minister Jim Knight which highlights the continuing importance the Government attaches to its work with schools and local authorities on improving school attendance and seeks their continuing commitment and support
Ofsted Schools and Inspection - Information and Guidance for Inspection of Maintained Schools, Independent Schools and Teacher Education Providers
