Expectations for your school(s)
It's worth knowing what the Department for Education (DfE) expects of your school(s), as improving attendance is likely to be a strategic priority for most schools for the foreseeable future. You'll need to be involved in monitoring your school's progress and policies.
Build relationships with families, understand barriers to attendance and work together to remove them The statutory attendance guidance sets out a 3-step approach to working with families. It explains the DfE's expectations of your school in the first instance, if absence intensifies and, finally, if the support offered to families isn't effective or they don't engage. You can find out what these expectations are in paragraphs 19 to 21 of the guidance. Expectations include: Working with parents/carers and pupils to understand and address in-school barriers to