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A Framework for Attendance Analysis
The Framework for Attendance Analysis is another
tool developed by the Education Welfare Service in
partnership with 3D Consultancy and Link2ICT, to provide additional support to schools that despite
their best efforts have not reached their attendance
targets.
The Framework for Attendance Analysis is a detailed
audit of attendance issues, used to identify effective and
efficient strategies for monitoring, improving and
maintaining attendance.
The process aims:
How it works
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Initial
Planning Meeting
An initial planning meeting attended by EWS
team leader, Head Teacher, the school's SMT and
representatives from the Governing body and other
departments or agencies involved in tackling
attendance issues, in order to clarify the purpose,
process and resource implications of an Attendance
Analysis.
At this meeting the schools senior management team
will be asked to identify the current needs, targets
and timescales they are working to, with regard to
improving and maintaining school attendance rates.
The structure for contact and communication will be
agreed, along with data access arrangements.
- Meeting and discussion
Meeting and discussion between EWS team
leader and school personnel with responsibility for
managing attendance to identify current practice and
key issues in managing attendance.
- Collation of information
Collation of statistical information in
various formats and taking a fresh look at systems and
patterns, which are impacting, on attendance rates.
- Recommendations
Based on this research, EWS team leaders
will make recommendations, with resource implications,
for improving and maintaining attendance.
Implications for school resources
All information and data belonging to the school is
treated as confidential. Nothing is retained by EWS.
Everything is returned to the school after the analysis is
complete.
Outcomes
At the end of this exercise you
will receive a report for SMT and Governors (or Governor's
sub-committee on attendance), identifying areas for
development and recommending specific strategies designed
to accelerate progress towards meeting attendance targets.
Similar work has resulted in increased attendance
rates, increased efficiency and savings in school
resources and staff time.
In addition, the Framework for Attendance report
provides the basis for action planning.
Who is it for?
Schools with below 90%
attendance rates. Schools wanting to take a fresh look at
they way they handle attendance and related issues.
It is a very thorough process that has been well
received by the schools in which it has taken place.
If the Framework for Attendance analysis is something
you would welcome in your own school please let the EWS
Principal Officer know.
| Angela Oxley |
South Area |
0121 303 8050 |
| Gabrielle Gavin |
Central
Area |
0121 303 1200 |
| Debbie Henry |
North Area |
0121 303 8900 |
A Framework for Attendance Analysis
| Agreement, in
principle, for an attendance analysis |
Initial meeting
with Head Teacher etc, to set framework &
agree outcome |
| Structured
interview with post holders of responsibility for
attendance |
Feedback from
support workers and relevant people working with
the school, to assess their perceptions of
attendance related issues |
| Research
data: whole school % attendances and coding
summaries Year group % attendances and coding
summaries Individual student records |
| Identification of
issues. Looking for clues to causes, using
comparative data from previous years and other
sources of information. |
Further research.
E.g. to look at pupils transferred from other
secondary schools, primary school attendance,
public care etc. |
| Identifying
possible solutions, actions needed or changes to
be recommended. With resource implications/ by
whom, short/long. |
| Report
to HT/SMT & Govs (copy to School Advisor):
What the evidence demonstrates, and
recommendations for action. Discussion &
negotiations, with Head Teacher & SMT on
future action. |
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