Information and resources for schools

Information about attendance contracts:

• Attendance contract guidance and flow chart (PDF)
• Attendance contract letter template (Word document)
• Attendance contract information leaflet for parents (PDF)
• Attendance contract meeting format (Word document)

Upcoming training offered by the Council is available for booking online. See the webpages below for more information:

• Training, conferences and Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

New attendance training dates are promoted in the Education bulletin for schools, these are sent via email directly to School Attendance leads, and are promoted via the Council's social media links in advance.

See the toolkits below:

• Toolkit for schools: communicating with families to support attendance - GOV.UK
• Attendance toolkit for schools (PDF)

Example letters for you to download:

• Annex A: example attendance letters and emails to parents and carers (publishing.service.gov.uk)
• Attendance expectation example letter (Word doc)
• Punctuality - letter of concern example (Word doc)
• Punctuality improvement example letter (Word doc)
• Initial attendance letter of concern example (Word doc)
• Improved attendance letter example (Word doc)
• Illness - initial letter of concern example (Word doc)
• Illness - ongoing medical condition example letter (Word doc)

Example policies for you to download:

• Attendance policy checklist (Word doc)
• Example attendance policy model for schools (Word doc)
• Parent friendly short policy example (Word doc)

Useful webinars:

• DfE Good Practice - Attendance - YouTube

See Ofsted information:

• Ofsted - School inspection handbook (GOV.UK)
• Ofsted - attendance webinar for schools (YouTube)
• Ofsted: schools and further education & skills (Blog)
• Ofsted - behaviour webinar for schools (YouTube)
• Ofsted - safeguarding webinar for schools (YouTube)

Websites

A range of other useful websites for schools:

• Attendance and absence codes (GOV.UK)
• Children's Commissioner "What we learned about The Big Ask about attendance"
• Improving attendance: good practice for schools and multi-academy trusts (GOV.UK)
• Pupil absence (Welsh Parliament)
• Pupil attendance and absence data (DfE)
• Share your daily school attendance data ( using WONDE)
• Working together to improve school attendance (gov.uk)Working together to improve school attendance (all schools should be following the new guidance with effect from 19 August)
• Melo: Onside, Worcestershire & Herefordshire
• Schools: statutory guidance - GOV.UK

Documents

Useful documents for schools:

• Part-time Timetable Guidance (PDF)
• Flexi-Schooling Guidance (PDF)
• Penalty Notice Code of Conduct (PDF)