Nottinghamshire Schools Portal

Useful resources and references

List of useful resources and references for you to refer to.

Nottinghamshire County Council

• Working together to improve school attendance [PDF]
• The family service
• Reduced time-table guidance [PDF]
• School attendance, absence and truancy
• Nottinghamshire Code of Conduct for Education Penalty Notices [PDF]

East Midlands Support Service 

• Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) including Anxiety Related Non-attendance
• Guidance to Schools: A Graduated Response to school Non-Attendance
• Supporting Pupils with Emotionally Based School Avoidance
• Mental health resources for children, students, parents, carers and school/college staff

GOV.UK resources

• Improving attendance: good practice for schools and multi-academy trusts
• Mental health issues affecting a pupil's attendance: guidance for schools
• Letter to school leaders on mild illness and school attendance
• Toolkit for schools: communicating with families to support attendance

Health related resources 

• Is my child too ill for school?
• College co-signs letter from Chief Medical Officer on school attendance and health

Children's Commissioner for England 

• Guide for Parents on School Attendance by Children's Commissioner [PDF]
• Back into School - Children's Commissioner for England

Other resources

• EBSA Padlet (Padlet.com)
• Summary table of responsibilities for school attendance (publishing.service.gov.uk)

YouTube resources

• Working Together to Improve School Attendance: DfE guidance overview for schools [YouTube] 
• The Senior Attendance Champion role: school senior lead for attendance [YouTube]
• School attendance register: attendance and absence codes [YouTube] 
• Q & A - School attendance register: attendance and absence codes [YouTube] 
• Data Returns: sharing attendance information with local authorities and others [YouTube] 
• Effective Targeting Support Meetings between school and LA [YouTube] 
• National framework for penalty notices for school absence overview [YouTube] 
• School admission register: deletion from the school roll [YouTube]