In a new report Securing good attendance and tackling persistent absence, the inspectorate analyses practice by schools which has been successful in boosting pupil attendance following three national lockdowns.
Schools have seen an increase in absences related both directly and indirectly to the pandemic, the report states, including children testing positive for Covid-19, increased parent and child anxiety due to the pandemic and disengagement in learning following school closures.
Approaches taken by schools that have improved and maintained attendance since schools reopened in March last year following a second round of closures, “can best be summarised as ‘listen, understand, empathise and support – but do not tolerate’,” according to Ofsted.
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