Understanding Attendance: Implementing Strategies With Impact
Event breakdown
Following the launch of our first Understanding Attendance report and webinar into the drivers of our pupil absence in England, this follow-up report shared what we’re learning from schools about how to sustainably improve attendance.
Having reached over 50,000 pupils and 350 schools, Understanding Attendance is the largest research project of its kind. This event brought together practitioners and school leaders to spotlight the practices they are using to address pupil absence building on findings from the project. You can access the recording below.
Please see below for a brief outline of what the session includes:
- Presentation of summary of findings from our second report, looking at any key changes in the data since January
- Introduction to our panel of school leaders involved in the project
- Panel discussion on attendance and implementing strategies with impact
Panellists
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Robert Coles
Director of School Improvement - Education South West
Rob has worked in education for 28 years and since 2011 as a Headteacher and executive Trust leader. Since 2019 Rob has worked at Education South West, a Trust of 14 schools based in Devon. From September 2024 he will be Deputy CEO.
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Kate Richardson
Education Director - Cabot Learning Federation
Kate is an Education Director at Cabot Learning Federation, a family of 36 academies. Kate takes the lead on attendance, exclusions and wellbeing across the trust and was previously an Executive Principal and Headteacher.
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Laura Lewis-Williams
Managing Director - Challenge Partners
Laura Lewis-Williams is Managing Director at Challenge Partners, a practitioner-led education charity. Laura was previously Director of Headship and Executive Programmes at Ambition School Leadership. She is a former Deputy Headteacher, is qualified as a Chartered Accountant and is is Chair of Governors at Campsbourne Primary School.
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