Inspection-Ready Attendance: From Compliance to Strategic Advantage

Course introduction

Attendance is no longer a data conversation.
It is an inspection conversation, a safeguarding conversation and a leadership credibility conversation.

Many schools can produce attendance reports. Fewer can confidently explain:

Why attendance looks the way it does
What leaders are doing about it.
How strategy aligns with safeguarding, behaviour and curriculum.
How decisions are evaluated and refined.

This 3 hour course helps leaders move from operational attendance monitoring to strategic attendance leadership enabling them to present a coherent, defensible and inspection-ready narrative.

This is not an attendance processes workshop.
It is a leadership confidence session.

What we will cover throughout the day

• Understand the current inspection emphasis on attendance and persistent absence.

• Articulate the relationship between attendance, safeguarding, behaviour and curriculum intent.

• Identify strengths and vulnerabilities within their current attendance strategy.

• Construct a clear, evidence-informed inspection narrative around attendance.

• Shift from reactive compliance to confident strategic leadership.

Target audience

Headteachers, Education Welfare Officers, Attendance Officers, Teachers, Deputy Headteachers, SENCo/ALNCo, Pastoral Leads, Classroom Assistants, Support Staff, Family Liaison Officers, Mental Health Leads, Safeguarding Leads, Family Support Workers

Trainers for this course

Kelly Hannaghan

Kelly puts wellbeing at the heart of education. She is an award-winning motivational speaker and school improvement advisor, published author and founder of ‘Family Matters’ empower...ment programme.

Kelly has worked systemically with some of the most challenging communities, helping families thrive in difficult circumstances. She advises in the development of staff wellbeing to improve teacher retention and embeds purposeful strategies to support School Leader’s emotional health. Kelly is an advocate for Senior Mental Health Leads and helps drive school development processes forward, whilst creating outstanding outcomes and awards for many organisations. She is a trailblazer within the Wellbeing Lead Network for supporting pastoral teams. Her work is recognised by the DfE, NCB, The Anna Freud Centre and The Education Support Partnership as a lead influencer of mental health and wellbeing in education.

Kelly is currently leading on the DFE Wellbeing for Education Return Programme within Kent County Council.Read more

See what others have to say about us

“I found that the course gave me a lot of relevant advice about how to improve attendance and promote good relationships between the school and parents.”

“@nsmtc thank you so much for today’s informative course. Feeling ready to get back into school tomorrow and get my attendance high priority and for everyone to understand attendance is everyone’s business."

About the venue

Stay at home, get comfortable and enjoy our live interactive course via Zoom! You’ll receive the link a few days before the course date so you can get prepared (and excited) ahead of time.

Handy course logistics

• The course will run via Zoom from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, however, the trainer will be available 15 minutes before and after the course times to answer any questions.
• You’ll receive mid-morning breaks to re-energise.
• This course is designed to be interactive and inclusive. We welcome questions and discussions throughout and we want you to be comfortable and stress-free no matter where you join us from!
• Your course handouts will be emailed to you on the morning of the course.
• Additional links and information will be emailed to you before and during the course.
• This course is also available as an in-house / INSET training session at your school. Contact us for details.
• Please Note – the cost is per person
• Please note – the early bird rate of £185+ VAT ends 28 days prior to the course date, after this the standard rate of £215+VAT will be charged.