Last Updated:
24 Aug 2020Attendance information
Use our template to ensure statutory attendance reporting in your school is clear and up-to-date
Applicable for maintained schools, academies, free schools, independent schools, pupil referral units and non-maintained special schools.
Updates made in this version are described below.
- Section added at 4.8/9 in line with current DfE guidance to schools on recording attendance in relation to coronavirus (2020-2021 academic year).
Use the guides included in the document to tailor the policy with specific details, ensuring that it explains your school's procedures clearly. These are:
- blue boxes with advisory notes that can be deleted after you have finished writing the policy
- grey text that indicates where you need to fill in certain details, such as the times that the registration period begins and ends.