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Guidance for schools, academy trusts, governing bodies and local authorities on maintaining high levels of school attendance, including roles and responsibilities.
This toolkit provides examples to help you communicate with parents and…
Summary of responsibilities where a mental health issue is affecting attendance and examples of effective practice.
Statutory guidance for local authorities and schools on how they work together to identify and support children missing education (CME) to receive a suitable education.
This guidance is statutory for local authorities in England and is…
The information that schools must provide to the Department for Education (DfE).
Guidance for schools, academy trusts and local authorities on using the monitor your school attendance tool.
How local authorities can share aggregate data on children who receive elective home education (EHE) and those children missing education (CME).
Supporting guidance for local authorities submitting the elective home education (EHE) and children missing education (CME) 2025 to 2026 academic year data collections.
Ministry of Defence advice to headteachers regarding school term time absence for children of service personnel.
How schools can improve attendance using regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) resources.
How we produce statistics on pupil attendance in schools.
How we produce statistics on pupil absence in schools.
How Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will conduct thematic visits to local areas focusing on children who are not in school.
How the Department for Education (DfE) publishes parental responsibility measures for attendance statistics for England.
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