Newham Learning Community: Attendance

Welcome to the Newham Learning Community: Attendance

The purpose of this group is to support schools to achieve the best attendance for pupils. The support also aims to help with understanding what the research tells us about improving attendance and reducing absence, particularly persistent absence. It is aimed at Senior Leaders working together with Attendance Officers to share the most effective practice.

This community is open to Senior Leaders in charge of attendance and Attendance Officers in Newham Learning member schools and Newham Learning Leads.

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Attendance News (click below to expand)

What is driving persistent absence in your setting (Schools Week, 23 Oct 2023)

September Absence Round up (FFT Education Datalab, Sep 2023)

'I don't really care any more': Parent Apathy on Attendance Laid Bare (Schools Week, 21 Sep 2023)

How Attendance Hubs Are Tackling Soaring Absences (Schools Week, 08 Sep 2023)

Research on school approaches to reducing absence and exclusions (NFER, Sep 2023)

How likely are pupils who are absent in the first week of term to become persistently absent (FFT, Sep 2023)

Five things to know about chronic absenteeism (Ed Trust, 15 Mar 2023) NB: US based organisation

The knock on the door: A simple solution to poor attendance? (Schools Week, 07 Nov 2022)

Terri White: Finding Britain's Ghost Children (BBC, 22 Mar 2022) NB: podcast

Securing Good Attendance and Tackling Persistent Absence (Ofsted, Feb 2022)

February 2024

Children’s Commissioner report ‘Lost in Translation’

The Children’s Commissioner has released a report that outlines aims to shed new light on the vulnerabilities of children who left the state education system last year. It examines the destinations, pupil characteristics and educational histories of children who left state education.

A summary can be found here:

https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/lost-in-transition-too-many-children-falling-through-the-cracks-after-leaving-state-education/

The full report can be found here:

https://assets.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wpuploads/2024/02/Lost-in-Transition-Final.pdf