Monitor how attendance is going
Attendance remains a real difficulty for many schools this year. If this is the case in your school, you'll want to check in and make sure your leaders are doing everything they can to promote good attendance.
As a board, you're expected to review attendance data regularly. Ask your headteacher to include attendance in their report, if they don't already do this, so you have the figures to discuss.
How are we monitoring pupils’ attendance to identify patterns and concerns? Are there any particular groups with lower attendance than others? If so, what can be put in place to help this group of pupils? How do we build strong links with local services to remove barriers to attendance? How do we make sure that any staff who have a specified attendance function in their role get dedicated