The latest news and insights from Anchored Schools
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School Attendance Website Pages
Your website is a really useful tool for communicating your attendance policy and the support you offer for improving attendance. Here are 10 ideas about what to include and how to present it.
What Should I Get Ready for Ofsted regarding Attendance?
The Covid-19 pandemic had a huge impact on attendance so schools need to know how to report attendance for Ofsted inspection, including how the pandemic affected your school and the steps taken to achieve high attendance through this period and thereafter. We look at how you can report this and the data you need.
What Should I Include in an Attendance Policy?
Does your attendance policy include everything it needs to? Does it include things it doesn’t need to? Our attendance policy checklist helps you ensure that your policy is robust, fit for purpose, and focused.