Overview of Learning
This session focuses on how governors can use attendance data to strengthen the governing board’s understanding of attendance patterns and provide effective support and challenge to senior leaders. Ensuring that attendance remains a strategic priority for the school.
By the end of this session, you will:
- Understand the attendance information through View Your Education Data (VYED) and how schools should be using this information to improve attendance outcomes.
- Develop confidence in interpreting attendance data, understanding key measures, trends, and benchmarks, and recognising the expectations placed on governors regarding attendance oversight.
- Identify the key questions governors should ask senior leaders to provide effective challenge and support around attendance, persistent absence, and the impact of attendance strategies.
Audience:
All governors, trustees, local governors and members of schools and academies.
Presenter:
Jenny Arif, Acting Service Manager, Early Intervention Team
Format:
This course will be held in person at the Inclusive Education Learning Centre@Smithills.
Pricing and Cancelation
Fees for this session are payable via the school budget and not by individual members of the governing board. If your governing board has signed up to the Governance Training Service Level Agreement, sessions are free of charge. Governors of governing boards who have not signed up to the Governance Training Service Level Agreement may attend for a fee of £98 per session.
If you are unable to attend a course, we ask that you please notify the Governance Services Team on 01204 332104/ 07766698173 at the earliest opportunity and at least five working days prior to the course date to enable the place to be offered to others.
Cancellation fees will apply for non-attendance or if a place is cancelled by the delegate within five working days of the course date. Schools who have signed up to the Governance Training Service Level Agreement will be charged £50 for each cancellation within five days of the course. If your school has not signed up to the SLA the full course fee will be charged. Fees may be waived in exceptional circumstances. Please contact Sarah Gore , Governance Training Officer on 01204 332104/ 07766698173 or via email at sarah.gore@bolton.gov.uk