School attendance strategy

Improving attendance implementation plan 2023 to 2026

Action Responsibility
Action:

Year one

 Responsibility:  
Action: Introduction to approach training to schools, Children’s Services and voluntary sector Responsibility: School attendance team (SAT)
Action: Cascading of training and implementation of change in practice within Children’s Services Responsibility: CS team managers 
Action: Development of new attendance team within the current inclusion and attendance team Responsibility: Inclusion and attendance
Action: Development of new targeting support meeting (TSM) team template to be used by all schools Responsibility: School attendance team (SAT)
Action: Identification of attendance champion in senior leadership team in schools Responsibility: Schools
Action: Development of School Attendance Policy in schools Responsibility: Schools
Action: Training for all LCC TSM leads on conducting meeting Responsibility: SAT and SEND, education locality leads, PRT
Action: Trial of targeting support meetings in Spring 2023 Responsibility: SAT and select schools
Action: Full trial of TSM’s in schools Responsibility: SAT and all schools
Action: Introduce Independent Schools to strategy Responsibility: SAT and independent schools
Action:

Year Two

 Responsibility:  
Action: Full year programme of TSM’s in schools (one per term) Responsibility: SAT and schools
Action: Termly meetings for LCC TSM leads to monitor progress on school meetings Responsibility: SAT and SEND, education locality leads, PRT
Action: Complete TSM’s with Independent schools Responsibility: SAT and independent schools
Action: Share attendance data for all schools Responsibility: School attendance team (SAT)
Action: Review training needs for schools  Responsibility: School attendance team (SAT)
Action:

Year Three

 Responsibility:  
Action: Full year programme of TSM’s in schools (one per year) Responsibility: SAT and schools
Action: Review LCC attendance priorities Responsibility: SAT
Action: Share attendance data for all schools Responsibility: SAT
Action: Review Improving Attendance strategy Responsibility: SAT
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