RISE | Attendance Offer
Attendance toolkit
The DfE recently issued some helpful updates to our online attendance toolkit, along with a paper exploring annual and one off events driving short-term absences, a guide to communicating with parents about absence which includes ready to use templates and phone call scripts, and functionality allowing you to explore your attendance patterns via view your education data.
Attendance toolkit for schools.pdf
View your education data (VYED)
Attendance and Behaviour Hubs
Improving attendance remains a key priority across the East Midlands, and our nine attendance and behaviour hubs offer a valuable opportunity for schools to access support, share effective practice and work collaboratively to address attendance challenges.
The January 2027 RISE attendance and behaviour hubs regional programme is now open for expressions of interest. The programme supports schools to work together in addressing attendance and behaviour challenges through peer networks, practical support and shared learning.
Participating schools will have access to high-impact online professional development, open day visits to lead schools, and opportunities to collaborate with colleagues on effective approaches to improving attendance and behaviour outcomes. The programme is led by schools and enables participants to learn directly from settings demonstrating strong practice in these areas.