PASSPORT · WHAT THIS ROOM DID
Why does school attendance keep falling?
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| structures | obstacles |
| opened | 08 Sep 2026 |
| who answered | 30 people in 2 group(s) · participant: 30 |
| wrote blind | not recorded |
| claims | 28 written, 20 structured |
| links certified | 23 |
| rooms on this question | 1 · does not count toward the shared map |
| decided at | 75% of the votes cast |
| sealed | yes, members forgotten |
What it rests on- Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first
- Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone
- Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there
- Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer
- The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week
- Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers
What it could not settlePublished as contested, never recorded as a no.
- none: every pair the room reached was settled
What was predicted to followWritten after the map settled. Nobody voted on it.
- First contact home for any absence is a phone call that asks why, made by someone the pupil knows — expected: weekly absence falls once the first call home asks why rather than reports the absence — due 24 Dec 2026
What the room would doEach action judged against each root cause, at three quarters of the votes cast.
- First contact home for any absence is a phone call that asks why, made by someone the pupil knows
reduces: Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first · split: Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone - Publish who is missing by year and reason, not one percentage
reduces: Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first, Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers · split: Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer - A return plan for every absence over a week, owned by a named adult
reduces: Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first, Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone, Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there, Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer
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