Improving attendance is one of the biggest challenges facing schools and trusts today.
The Attendance Challenge: How Feedback and Data Can Help Turn Things Around
Persistent absence impacts pupil achievement, wellbeing, and the overall effectiveness of your school community.
This report explores how combining attendance data with stakeholder feedback from pupils, parents, and staff can uncover the root causes of absence and help drive more targeted, impactful action.
The Attendance Challenge: How Feedback and Data Can Help Turn Things Around
Improving attendance is one of the biggest challenges facing schools and trusts today.
Persistent absence impacts pupil achievement, wellbeing, and the overall effectiveness of your school community.
This report explores how combining attendance data with stakeholder feedback from pupils, parents, and staff can uncover the root causes of absence and help drive more targeted, impactful action.
Designed for trust and school leaders, it offers:
- A breakdown of the key drivers of poor attendance
- A summary of statutory responsibilities around attendance
- Practical strategies to improve attendance outcomes
- Insight into how stakeholder voice can reveal hidden barriers
- Ways to use data and feedback to inform smarter interventions
It also highlights how tools like Welbee Edu Intelligence and Welbee Insights can support a more informed and responsive approach.
Turn insight into action. Understand what’s really driving absence—and what you can do to make a difference.
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