Improving attendance: understanding the issues report: Forth Valley and West Lothian toolkit

The Forth Valley and West Lothian toolkit is an extensive resource to support improving attendance. This short guide will support you to navigate the resource.

Step 1: watch the eight recordings

1. An introductory overview (YouTube) 

2. Impact of Attendance (YouTube)

3. Types of absence (YouTube)

4. Causes of Absence (YouTube)

5. Multi-tiered, multidimensional support system (YouTube)

6. Interventions (YouTube)

7. Using the interactive attendance guide on ThingLink (YouTube)

8. Practitioners- Improving Attendance (YouTube)

Step 2: self-evaluate

Using the self-evaluation toolkit review the headings:

• ethos and relationships
• policy, procedure and data analysis
• targeted interventions and vulnerable groups
• effective partnerships

Step 3: plan

Review the ‘research library’ and ‘links to resources’ linked to your self-evaluation and determine a plan.

Step 4: monitor and track the impact of your plan

Regular tracking of the impact of intervention will allow you to make any changes as required.

Other resource highlights

The Attendance Symposium sharing of effective practice, identify support needs, build networking, showcase available resources and explore the latest research on attendance.

National and Local Attendance Resources for Parents and Carers supports both local and national for sharing with parents and carers.

Attendance Targeted Intervention Process step-by-step guide to support establishments in targeted intervention process.