YES
Malcolm Trobe, director of policy, Association of School and College Leaders
The primary incentive to parents to ensure their children attend school should be to enable them to achieve well, and gain the skills and qualifications they need to progress in life.
For some, however, more concrete incentives are helpful to engage them in working with schools to improve pupil attendance.
There are a number of schools that already use incentives for pupils in relation to attendance.
For over-16s, the government's Education Maintenance Allowance scheme has been a great success. It will be interesting to see how successful parental incentives are.
NO
Nansi Ellis, head of education policy and research, Association of Teachers and Lecturers
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