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Understanding the Reasons for Persistent Absence (PA) and Poor Attendance: Virtual Short Course

£50.00 + VAT

Your step-by-step guide to managing and improving School Attendance focussing on getting a greater understanding of why persistent absence occurs and what you can do to get children back into full time attendance.

School Attendance is a national priority – the Government have categorically stated this and included new support measures in the Schools Bill. The recent published guidance ‘Working together to improve school attendance ‘ is applicable from September 2022 and will become statutory guidance from September 2023. The aim is to improve consistency of attendance management across Schools, Mat’s and Local Authorities, so parents and pupils get the right support at the right time.

This fully online course is delivered via our specialist learning platform – you will be able to access training videos, written materials, downloadable templates, examples and tools, and a test at the end to check your learning.

Designed for flexible learning it means you can work at your own pace and in your own time, and with a year’s access you can keep going back to refresh your knowledge.

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After completing this course you will:

  • Understand what is meant by ‘persistent absence’ and how this is measured.
  • Have learnt about the reasons for and causes of persistent absence.
  • Know how assessment is carried out in complex cases.
  • Have an understanding of how persistent absence relates to children with SEN.
  • Have learnt about persistent absence of children with mental health difficulties.
  • Gained insight into what it means by persistent absence and school refusal.

Agenda

  • Learning 1
  • Understanding persistent absence as a measure
  • Learning 2
  • Understanding the reasons for and causes of persistent absence
  • Learning 3
  • Assessment in complex cases
  • Learning 4
  • PA and SEN
  • Learning 5
  • PA and mental health
  • Learning 6
  • PA and school refusal

Speakers

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Joanne Sierzega

Joanne Sierzega

Central School Attendance and Welfare Service

In October 2015 after almost 16 years of working for and in turn managing a Local Authority Education Welfare I with two partners established CSAWS (Central School Attendance and Welfare Service ltd.) CSAWS is a team of proactive, passionate and committed Education Welfare Officers. We are committed to achieving better outcomes for children by securing regular attendance at school. We understand that the reasons behind non-school attendance can be varied and complex. We offer both strategic and casework interventions. We provide support to schools and settings to identify and improve school attendance including reviewing, refining and advising on school approaches and processes. We develop clear action plans for and with schools through thorough data analysis and attendance reviews.

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