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Guidance for schools, academy trusts, governing bodies and local authorities on maintaining high levels of school attendance, including roles and responsibilities.
This toolkit provides examples to help you communicate with parents and…
The information that schools must provide the Department for Education (DfE).
Statutory guidance for local authorities and advice for other groups on helping children who are missing education get back into it.
Summary of responsibilities where a mental health issue is affecting attendance and examples of effective practice.
Guidance for schools, academy trusts and local authorities using the monitor your school attendance tool.
How local authorities can share aggregate data on children who receive elective home education (EHE) and those children missing education (CME).
Ministry of Defence advice to headteachers regarding school term time absence for children of service personnel.
How we produce statistics on pupil absence in schools.
How we produce statistics on pupil attendance in schools.
How the Department for Education (DfE) publishes parental responsibility measures for attendance statistics for England.
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