Five things we’ve learned this term about pupil absence
We bring you the latest insights from Attendance Tracker
The FFT Regional Attendance Tracker
FFT's weekly attendance data is now publicly available. We celebrate by bringing you the latest insights.
Report – pupil absence in Autumn 2020
Analysis of absence in the Autumn term 2020/21 with a particular focus on children in need. Produced in support of Reconnect London, a partnership of schools in London which is seeking to tackle the effects of COVID disruption on vulnerable pupils. Report - Mainstream schools (pdf) Addendum - Special schools and AP (pdf) Appendix (xlsx)
Will the Government’s latest attendance initiative work?
The DfE's latest proposals target schools and Local Authorities. But are they looking in the right place?
Who are the children who have “fallen off the radar”?
Some thoughts on plans by the Children's Commissioner to find children who have "fallen off the radar."
How much in-person teaching have Year 11 missed?
With the first external exams since 2019 due to take place this year, we summarise the scale and variation of disruption experienced by Year 11s since the start of the pandemic
Measures of persistent absence for the COVID age
We try to calculate some new measures of persistent absence that try to account for the effects of COVID on school attendance data
How school absence varies from day to day
Absence tends to be lowest on Wednesday mornings and (perhaps unsurprisingly) highest on Friday afternoons.
Increasing rates of sickness absence in primary schools
Absence overall has decreased this term, but sickness absence is as high as it's been during the pandemic