Turn attendance insight into action.
Practical support for the real work of improving attendance: identifying risk, understanding barriers, managing casework, supporting families, strengthening leadership and evaluating impact.
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The current School Hub has a large number of strong resources. This version groups them by the job staff are actually trying to do.
Spot risk earlier
Identify pupils moving towards persistent absence, vulnerable groups and patterns that need action before they become entrenched.
Manage a difficult attendance case
Bring chronology, barriers, interventions, family voice and review points together so cases move rather than drift.
Support EBSA, SEND or anxiety
Move beyond labels and understand the barriers, adjustments, relationships and reintegration support a pupil may need.
Work better with families
Prepare for difficult conversations, improve communication and help families understand what support and next steps look like.
Strengthen leadership and assurance
Give senior leaders, governors and trusts a clearer view of strategy, implementation quality, impact and next priorities.
Prepare for inspection and review
Check whether your evidence, leadership narrative and improvement activity demonstrate strong attendance practice rather than simply reporting percentages.
Eight tools worth knowing about.
A curated starting set. The full directory remains available when you need something more specialist.
Attendance Case Conference Organiser
Structure complex cases, responsibilities, actions and review points.
Open toolAttendance Barrier Identifier
Move from the absence figure to the barriers that may be driving it.
Find in directoryTomorrow Morning Plan
Turn concern into a practical next-day response with clear ownership.
Find in directoryStudent Comeback Plan
Plan a safer, more structured return after absence or disengagement.
Find in directoryEBSA Action Plan
Build a practical response around anxiety, barriers and reasonable support.
Open toolGovernor Attendance Report
Help governors ask better questions about practice, impact and risk.
Open toolAttendance Self-Evaluation
Identify strengths, weaknesses and improvement priorities systematically.
Open toolPA Prevention Toolkit
Spot pupils approaching persistent absence and intervene earlier.
Find in directoryTrain people for the role they actually do.
Instead of one long CPD list, staff can enter by responsibility and find the most relevant learning route.
Senior Leaders & Attendance Champions
Strategy, accountability, culture, data, implementation and assurance.
Explore leadership CPDHeads of Year, Pastoral & Tutors
Early identification, conversations, pupil relationships, casework and daily routines.
Explore pastoral CPDAttendance Officers & Administration
Systems, letters, follow-up, evidence, case chronology and operational effectiveness.
Explore operational CPDKeep statutory guidance separate from practical tools.
The current Hub mixes government guidance, international comparison and interactive resources. This design gives guidance its own clear space without letting it dominate the page.
Official guidance and international practice
Use the Portal as a route to current national guidance, then explore international approaches where comparison is genuinely useful.
Free helps you understand. Membership helps you implement.
Keep the core Hub useful for everyone, then clearly explain what Premium adds: editable resources, deeper diagnostic tools, professional learning and implementation support.
Premium is for doing, not just reading.
Start with the problem you are trying to solve. Use the essential collection first. Go deeper only when you need to.