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The ABC of equity in schools: A is for attendance

Attendance Pastoral issues Safeguarding Diversity & Equality Inclusion
In this five-part series, Matt Bromley takes a practical look at what schools can do to avoid exacerbating inequity and disadvantage and to teach and support disadvantaged students. In part two he considers how we can ‘flip the conversation’ on attendance
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In the first part of this five-part series on building equity in education, I set out my ABC of inclusion:

The causes of educational disadvantage are complex. The way in which those causes manifest themselves in the classroom are equally complex. Therefore the solutions are complex. There are no silver bullets, no panaceas, no pills which will proffer equity for all. There’s more to building equitable schools than my ABC. But we must start somewhere. And where better to start than with the letter A?

 

A is for attendance

If learners do not attend school, or at least not regularly and on time, then we cannot help them engage with education, learn and make progress, and achieve good outcomes – academically, as well as socially and emotionally – to mitigate their differences and disadvantages.

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