Across the UK, for many schools, attendance continues to dominate the education debate. However, despite this attention, many pupils are still absent, with rates remaining above the pre-pandemic levels. Improving school attendance and tackling persistent absence is a continued priority, as evident in the changes proposed throughout the recent Schools White Paper and the revised…
Laying the Groundwork To Tackle School Absence Before September By Mikaela Shalders, Clinical Operations Director & Occupational Therapist, Momenta Connect. Recent Department for Education figures report a persistently absent rate exceeding 18% among pupils. While often misinterpreted as disengagement, many cases stem from Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA), a condition marked by anxiety and emotional…
School Attendance Gap Day is a new Awareness Day led by school attendance charity School-Home Support. The School Attendance Gap represents ‘lost learning’[1] as a result of absence from school. 4th February 2025 is School Attendance Gap Day, which signals the final school day of the year for ’severely absent’ pupils – those who miss…
Today, School-Home Support is proposing a plan for the new Government on how to tackle the attendance crisis in schools. The education charity is calling on the Government to bring stakeholders together behind an ambitious ‘moonshot’ goal to see every child in school and ready to learn by 2050. This can be only achieved through…
