The move is being trialled in 100 secondary schools and will see parents and carers sent personalised texts to update them on the number of days of school their child has missed over the last half term.
Called BITUP the trial is being run by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) along with research company Behavioural Insights Team (BIT). A smaller trial of the initiative boosted attendance by four percentage points, according to their evaluation.
This is one of two research projects to tackle persistent absenteeism in schools involving the three organisations to be announced this week.
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