Learning Pathway
Monitoring attendance
Read time: 45 Minutes
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What you'll learn
Get to grips with your role in monitoring school attendance. Find out how to support and challenge school or trust leaders to drive improvement.
This pathway is suitable for all governors and trustees.
Read the articles below and then complete the assessment to test your understanding. If you feel confident in this topic already, you can skip straight to the assessment at any time.
Pathway overview
School attendance: legal requirements (8 minutes)
This article will cover:
- The rules on pupil absence
- The laws you need to know about
- The role of the board
Improving school attendance: your role from the guidance (20 minutes)
This article will cover:
- Expectations of your school/trust
- The board's role in meeting the guidance expectations
- Questions to ask when monitoring attendance
How to evaluate your school's absence and attendance figures (13 minutes)
This article will cover:
- Best practice for monitoring and challenging your school or trust's attendance figures
- How to question senior leaders
- How to benchmark against local and national data
How to review your attendance policy (0 minutes)
This article will cover:
- What your attendance policy needs to do
- Questions to ask when reviewing the policy
- What a good attendance policy looks like
Attendance: role of the link governor/trustee (4 minutes)
This article will cover:
- What the role entails
- How to monitor effectively
- Questions to ask attendance leads
Assessment
Pass the short assessment to earn a certificate in this pathway.
Your certificate will automatically appear on your GovernorHub training record, where you can download it at any time.