THE QUESTION
Why does school attendance keep falling?
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Links are symmetric — A~B is B~A. Clusters are the groups that emerge from held ties, and only a formed cluster can be named, by a person. Your own links carry a ✕ to withdraw; you cannot remove someone else's. Clusters organise the wall and never gate the vote — two cards making the same CLAIM are a merge back in Clarify.
Links and names are made while Cluster is live; the steward’s ← reopens it.
unnamed cluster — name it if the group has a common thread, or leave it unnamed (2)
Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them
~ Some families keep ch…Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch (20)
~ Pupils who fall behin…Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow (16)
Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch
~ Fines are issued to f…Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them (20)
~ Pupils who fall behin…Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow (17)
unnamed cluster — name it if the group has a common thread, or leave it unnamed (2)
Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers
~ Pupils say nobody wou…Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there (12)
~ A pupil's absence rec…A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not (23)
A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not
~ Nobody at school know…Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers (23)
· not yet clustered (24)
Attendance drops sharply after the first exclusion
Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer
The school is measured on attendance percentage, not on who is missing
Uniform rules are enforced at the gate and pupils are sent home
The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week
The first contact home is a warning, never a question
~ Letters home are the …Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence (18)
~ Parents contact the s…Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first (12)
Sanctions escalate faster than any support does
Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it
~ Pupils who fall behin…Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow (20)
~ Cover lessons with a …Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip (14)
Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude
Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there
~ Nobody at school know…Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers (12)
~ Pupils with a friend …Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves (15)
~ Pupils who fall behin…Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow (14)
Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence
~ The bus is unreliable…The bus is unreliable in the mornings for the estate furthest away (13)
~ Letters home are the …Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence (18)
Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves
~ Pupils say nobody wou…Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there (15)
Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow
~ Toilets are locked du…Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it (20)
~ Fines are issued to f…Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them (16)
~ Some families keep ch…Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch (17)
~ Cover lessons with a …Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip (21)
~ Pupils say nobody wou…Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there (14)
A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time
The bus is unreliable in the mornings for the estate furthest away
~ Teachers mark a late …Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence (13)
Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil
The pastoral team lost two posts in the last budget
Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip
~ Toilets are locked du…Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it (14)
~ Pupils who fall behin…Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow (21)
Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence
~ The first contact hom…The first contact home is a warning, never a question (18)
~ Teachers mark a late …Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence (18)
Attendance officers spend the day on the phone, not in the building
Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first
~ The first contact hom…The first contact home is a warning, never a question (12)
Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone
Form tutors have five minutes with thirty pupils
Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9