THE QUESTION
What would be true if attendance at this school were healthy?
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Pupils say the school noticed when they were struggling
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A pupil who is anxious about a particular lesson can say so to someone who can change it
A year group's attendance can fall without anyone being blamed for it
To be precise: this is what would be true, not what we would do about it.
A pupil who has fallen behind can catch up without sitting through what they cannot follow
A family in difficulty gets help before they get a fine
Getting to school is not a question of whether the bus turns up
I mean this as a description of the school working, not as a policy.
The reasons behind an absence are written down somewhere a tutor will read
Staff have time in the week that is not teaching and not cover
To be precise: this is what would be true, not what we would do about it.
A pupil who misses a week is spoken to before they miss a second
Written as a state of affairs, so we can ask what makes it possible.
Returning after a long absence has a way back in that someone has thought about
Every pupil has one adult in the building who would notice they were gone
it would be predictable
The school can say what it changed last term and what happened to attendance after
Written as a state of affairs, so we can ask what makes it possible.
The people who chase attendance and the people who arrange support are in the same conversation
The register is a means of noticing, not a means of reporting
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Attendance is discussed as a symptom in meetings, not as the subject of the meeting
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Parents who were failed by school themselves are not treated as the problem
Written as a state of affairs, so we can ask what makes it possible.
The school knows which of its pupils are carers, and the timetable bends for them
The first contact home after an absence is a question, not a penalty
Nobody is excluded for something the school could have seen coming
Families know who to tell when something at home makes school impossible that week
Written as a state of affairs, so we can ask what makes it possible.
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