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Parental disengagement hampering efforts to reduce unauthorised and persistent absence

4 December 2024

Parent disengagement with education is driving a “significant increase” in unauthorised pupil absence, which in turn is adding notably to teachers’ workload. Research published by the NASUWT and involving 1,079…

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Banter or Bullying? New toolkit

14 November 2024

The Anti-bullying Alliance announce the launch of their brand-new Banter & Bullying Toolkit, created in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, to support practitioners who work with children and young people.…

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Anti-Bullying Week 2024: Choose Respect

29 October 2024

Anti-Bullying Week 2024 will take place from Monday 11th - Friday 15th November, with the theme: Choose Respect. Odd Socks Day is taking place on Tuesday 12th November, with adults…

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Thousands of pupils receive support to boost school attendance

15 October 2024

Government makes significant expansion to size of attendance mentoring to get thousands more persistently absent pupils back in school. Persistent absence across the country has increased since the pandemic, with…

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Podcast: Managing behaviour in the primary school

19 September 2024

In this episode three school leaders discuss effective behaviour management strategies and approaches in the primary school, with examples, ideas, and lessons learned. Headteacher Update ask how we can build…

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Missing from education: Children’s Commissioner report

18 September 2024

More than 11,500 children in England went missing from education over the course of one year – despite having previously attended. New analysis found these children went missing between spring 2022…

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Attendance: Map out bullying ‘hotspots’ to cut absence

12 July 2024

Schools found success when they identified areas where pupils did not feel safe. Leaders should map out “hotspot” areas in school that make pupils feel unsafe in a bid to…

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DfE: ‘Moments Matter, Attendance Counts’ school feedback survey

19 May 2024

Give your feedback by filling in this short survey about the recent national attendance campaign 'Moments Matter, Attendance Counts'. As part of the Department for Education's ‘Moments Matter, Attendance Counts’…

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What is school ‘refusal’?

18 May 2024

This animation has been developed as a tool to help school staff and other professionals better understand the complexity of school 'refusal'.  School is not my enemy: an artistic visualization…

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Improving behaviour in schools

15 May 2024

DfE resources to support schools and trusts in developing, implementing and maintaining a whole-school behaviour culture. These resources support schools to implement a behaviour policy that creates a school culture…

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Podcast: Absenteeism in schools

1 May 2024

Learn more about why children miss school and the potential safeguarding implications. Education is a vital part of ensuring children get the best possible start in life, and there can…

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Share your daily school attendance data

17 April 2024

From the start of the 2024 to 2025 academic year, it will be mandatory for schools to share their attendance data with the Department for Education (DfE). The guide to mandatory…

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