Benefits for school
1) A dedicated and experienced officer, with extensive practical knowledge, will work with your school to improve both whole school and individual pupil attendance
2) Our packages of support are designed to address the specific needs of your school
3) Early help and early intervention support
4) We can support you prior to and during Ofsted inspections in relation to attendance matters
5) Advice and guidance in relation to attendance and welfare concerns
6) Advice and guidance in relation to legislation and Department for Education guidance and best practice
7) Parental consent is not required for a referral to the Education Welfare Service, ensuring a swift response and feedback to the school
8) Support and advice in relation to referrals for additional services
9) Parent/school mediation and advice
Our service in more detail
You can choose the individual service elements that your dedicated attendance and welfare officer will provide, based on your choice of level of service (this list is not exhaustive):
2) You can choose any of the elements of detailed support and guidance to suit the needs of your school. We offer a bespoke service menu plan reflecting your school’s needs.
3) Conducting 'missing child' enquiries prior to deletion from registers
4) Investigating reasons for absence and undertaking agreed actions accordingly
5) Enforcement: working with the school to manage those cases that have been referred for prosecution
6) Safeguarding home visits in relation to children missing from school
7) Home visits to investigate reasons for absence
8) Work with schools to offer preventative early help casework
9) Progressing cases to court including all related paperwork and giving support and providing live testimony should the case go to trial
10) Information, advice and guidance in relation to deletion from registers in order to remain compliant with legislation
11) Information, advice and guidance in relation to use of register codes in order to remain compliant with legislation
12) Support and advice in relation to school strategies to address specific periods of absence
13) Participation at whole school assemblies and parents' evenings
15) Parent induction presentations for nursery and reception years
16) Attendance clinics
17) Bespoke whole school data analysis and action planning with periodic reviews
18) Supporting schools to implement whole school attendance and absence policies and procedures
19) Training sessions for specific attendance staff, whole-school training and support training for governors
20) Delivery of bespoke INSET training sessions on absence management and improving attendance
21) Pre-Ofsted inspection preparation sessions
22) Review of whole-school attendance management systems (including rewards and sanctions)
