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Attendance

Policies on School Attendance

CSF0136 Hertfordshire Local Authority Policy on School Attendance

This Attendance Policy is intended to guide, assist and empower schools to meet their responsibilities and to provide an agreed framework within which consistent practices and procedures can be applied.

• Adobe pdf, 91kb/17 pages, 29/04/2013, csf0136_school_attendance_apr2013.pdf

Penalty Notices (Truancy) - Guidance for Schools and Academies

• Word 2003, 224kb/19 pages, 10/09/2012, education_penalty_notices_aug12.doc

CSF0200 Producing a School Attendance Policy - Guidance for Schools  

• Word 2003, 2.13MB/40 pages, 21/06/2011, csf0200_school_attendance_guidance.doc

• Adobe pdf, 168kb/40 pages, 16/06/2011, csf0200_school_attendance_guidance.pdf

CSF0199 Family Holidays (During Term Time) and Extended Trips Overseas 

• Word 2003, 1.86MB/12 pages, 21/06/2011, csf0199_family_holidays.doc

• Adobe pdf, 66kb/12 pages, 16/06/2011, csf0199_family_holidays.pdf

DfE Advice on School Attendance March 2013 New

Provides updated advice and information relating to school attendance.

• www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/advice/f00221879/advice-on-school-attendance

Children Missing from Education

Help us to help safeguard children by using the form on the Herts Direct link below and tell us in confidence if you think you know of any children who are missing from education.

The Children Missing Education (CME) Officer will then check on all school aged children (aged 5 - 16) where it appears they don't have a school place and are not being taught outside of the school system.

• Children Missing From School

School's Admission Roll

Guidance to schools on procedures for pupils who join and leave a school’s admission roll including pupils who go missing.

CSF4533

• Word 2003, 124kb/6 pages, 08/07/2009, off_roll_guidance_jun09.doc

Integrated Services for Learning - Behaviour and Attendance

Support for children and young people with significant emotional and behavioural difficulties and also those having difficulty with school attendance is availabe through your Area Behaviour and Attendance Team:

• ISL - Behaviour and Attendance Team

Strategies to Improve Attendance and Punctuality

These resource packs have been produced to provide schools with ideas and resources.  They can be tailored to the needs of individual schools.

Primary

• Word 2003, 2.73mb/55 pages, 12/10/2011, csf4634_pri_strategies_attendance_issue3.doc

Secondary

• Word 2003, 2.78mb/55 pages, 12/10/2011, csf0212_sec_strategies_attendance_issue1.doc

Holidays in Term Time

At a request from headteachers the local authority has provided a standard letter to be handed to parents and carers to support the governing body and headteachers in their attempts to dissuade them from taking children out of school during term time.

Please click on the link below to view and print the letter:

• Word 2003, 162kb/1 page, 06/10/2011, holidays_in_term_time.doc