Attendance and behaviour hubs: 29 more lead schools revealed Schools Week obtains list of additional lead schools, with several more due to be announced later this week
Lessons for England on using AI to boost attendance As schools here are given an AI-generated target for attendance, one Welsh head explains how his school has used tech to spot patterns and trends
The school running parent absence awareness courses Primary school’s initiative is being shared across the borough of Camden as part of best practice guidance
‘Embarrassing’: AI attendance reports suspended days after launch Leaders report inaccuracies in new attendance target scheme launched last week by government
Schools should take ‘proactive’ action to get kids back to class, new rules state Everything leaders need to know from new statutory guidance on children missing education
Top trust boss backs ‘absence awareness courses’ for parents Courses on impact of persistent absence could help reinforce ‘parent agency’ and reportedly being considered by government
Cinema trips and summer schools boost attendance We look at a school bucking the national trend of rising absences to learn how they’re doing it
NFER’s 5 ways to cut school absence ‘Schools should consider prioritising encouraging and individualised approaches in addition to punitive sanction’
Big jump in SEND pupils missing more school than they attend Severe absence increases among some of the most vulnerable pupils in the system