School attendance strategy

Improving attendance implementation plan 2023 to 2026

Action Responsibility

Year one

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

Year Two

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

Year Three

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