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Addressing emotionally-based school avoidance

4 November 2022

Emotionally-based school avoidance (EBSA) is a term referring to reduced or nonattendance at school by a child or young person. Rather than the term ‘school refusal’, the term EBSA recognises…

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Reducing exclusions checklist

10 September 2022

Beacon School Support have produced a free checklist for ensuring every avenue of support has been explored before resorting to permanent exclusion. It has been written to help leaders make…

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Statistics: Permanent exclusions and suspensions in England

2 September 2022

The latest national statistics for permanent exclusions and suspensions in England were published on 28th July 2022. They relate to the 2020/21 academic year and include data on: reasons schools…

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Searching, screening and confiscation: advice for schools 2022

1 September 2022

The DfE have produced new guidance explaining the powers schools have to screen and search pupils, and to confiscate items they find. The new document comes into force today, 1st…

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Behaviour in schools: advice for headteachers and school staff 2022

31 August 2022

The DfE have produced new guidance for schools on behaviour which comes into force from 1st September 2022. This publication provides advice to schools on behaviour in schools and the…

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Suspension and permanent exclusion – revised guidance

14 July 2022

This guidance has been updated to be a companion piece to the Behaviour in Schoolsguidance, which provides advice to headteachers, trust leaders and school staff onimplementing a behaviour policy which…

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New guidance for improving attendance

11 May 2022

Many school leaders are working hard to improve attendance rates in their schools. The Department for Education (DfE) has released two guidance documents to support schools in their endeavours to…

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Securing Good Attendance & Tackling Persistent Absence: Department for Education and Ofsted webinar

3 April 2022

Ofsted and the Department for Education delivered a webinar on 15 February 2022 sharing the findings of a recent Ofsted report looking at effective school practice for reducing absence and…

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Increasing attendance with parent messages – Supportive ‘how-to’ guide for schools

30 March 2022

Catching up on lost learning during school closures will only be possible with good school attendance, but attendance rates remain below pre-pandemic levels. The Behavioural Insights Team have produced a…

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How would you respond? …when pupils get angry

17 February 2022

Shahana Knight is spotlighting common behaviours or classroom scenarios, looking at why they might occur and how we can respond therapeutically. It is so easy to see a child’s struggle…

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Individual approaches needed to improve attendance

9 February 2022

In a new report, Securing good attendance and tackling persistent absence, published on 7th February 2022, Ofsted has stated that appropriate individual support for disadvantaged children, including those with special educational needs…

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Ofsted webinar: attendance in schools

24 January 2022

Ofsted has released a pre-recorded webinar led by Aimee Floyd who talks about attendance and how inspectors are considering and evaluating attendance during the current pandemic. Click here to access…

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