Partnership and multi-agency working: Six steps to an effective partnership to support attendance – visualiser
PDF file: Six steps to an effective partnership to support attendance (1.9 MB) - A visual guide to the the steps required to forge partnerships that work.
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Meeting the wide ranging needs of all children, young people and their families is the heart of what makes an excellent school. There is no ‘silver bullet’ to addressing absence, however having effective and trusted partnerships are part of the solution.
Consider data
- Attendance data, local intelligence and vision (what does it tell us?)
- Collate data in local community context particularly equalities data that may adversely or positively impact
- Map out and investigate who are your key local partners to support with the vision
Discuss with the child and family
- Involve partners in these discussions
- Service level agreements
Funding arrangements
- Funds? - Shared resources, PEF, grants
- Consider how partnership contributions are reflected in local SAC plans and school improvement plans
- Local paperwork to measuring, capturing and reporting impact
Collaboration with partners
- Practical conversations - shared planning with partners
- Alternative curriculum: inform, vision, explore, create, outcomes
Delivery, monitoring and tracking
- Clear partnership plans, capturing roles and responsibilities (Who, how, when, what?)
- Ensure: consistency, sustainability, pathways
Voice, impact, evaluation and partnership legacy
- Capture outcomes: Linking to LA stretch aims and reflected in schools SQR and SAC evaluations
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