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Latest Opinion: Attendance

Loose talk about attendance does more harm than good

13 Sep 2025 | Opinion: Attendance

How Labour can solve the attendance crisis (again)

8 May 2025 | Opinion: Attendance

Solving attendance requires a whole-system rethink

3 Jul 2024 | Opinion: Attendance

How we’ve come top of the table for our attendance success

26 May 2024 | Opinion: Attendance

We get reduced timetables wrong. Here’s how to get them right

2 Apr 2024 | Opinion: Attendance

Home visits are part of a strong attendance policy
9 Mar 2024 | Opinion: Attendance

Attendance: Another fine mess the government’s got us into
1 Mar 2024 | Opinion: Attendance

Attendance: Easy policy solutions are no longer enough
20 Jan 2024 | Opinion: Attendance

How small changes can make a big impact on attendance
3 Dec 2023 | Opinion: Attendance

All Opinion: Attendance

Covid has broken the old habit of going to school

27 Nov 2023 | Opinion: Attendance

Don’t overlook the importance of trips to improve attendance

23 Oct 2023 | Opinion: Attendance

Lessons in attendance from special schools  

4 Oct 2023 | Opinion: Attendance

Schools can’t rebuild parental support for attendance alone

21 Sep 2023 | Opinion: Attendance

We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty

9 Sep 2023 | Opinion: Attendance

Everyone must obsess over full attendance from day one

8 Sep 2023 | Opinion: Attendance

Attendance is an issue, but it is never the issue
13 Jun 2023 | Opinion: Attendance

How new attendance guidelines could affect anxious pupils
21 May 2023 | Opinion: Attendance

Persistent absence: ‘Obsessing about attendance’ is not enough
1 Apr 2023 | Opinion: Attendance

Attendance: Fear of violence is a key driver of absence
17 Nov 2022 | Opinion: Attendance

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