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The A-Z Guide to Attendance for Wider Public Health & Local Authority Professionals.

For local authorities, Directors of Public Health, NHS and school nursing, social care, Family Help, safeguarding, commissioners, housing, transport, youth justice, community partners and system leaders. Every letter turns attendance into a system practice question, an assurance challenge and a fillable action sheet.

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Whole-System Attendance Charter

Attendance is an education outcome with public-health, family and system determinants.

The strongest local response combines population intelligence, prevention, early identification, targeted support, specialist/statutory intervention and relentless attention to service friction.

System principle: the right question is not only “why is this child absent?” but also “what is happening in health, family, community, education access and the service system - and what can we change?”
1. Start with population intelligenceAttendance alongside health, inequality and vulnerability data.
2. Look upstreamIdentify service, community and access factors behind absence.
3. Prevent before crisisUniversal and early support before needs intensify.
4. Preserve relationshipsDo not make families restart when service thresholds change.
5. Use one set of outcomesAlign professional plans around the child and family.
6. Name ownershipEvery action has a lead, date and clear contribution.
7. Remove system frictionWaiting, thresholds and hand-offs are improvement issues too.
8. Measure impactJudge the system by changed lives, access and participation.
UNIVERSALPopulation health, clear attendance/illness messages, accessible family/community services.
EARLY / COMMUNITYEarly identification, school nursing, family hubs, targeted prevention and practical barrier removal.
TARGETEDFamily Help, multi-agency plans, specialist health/SEND support, named coordination.
SPECIALIST / STATUTORYSafeguarding, social care, statutory attendance/education functions, specialist clinical and legal routes.
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Official evidence & connected Portal library

From population evidence to practical multi-agency action.

Current national frameworks, public-health data, professional standards and live Portal tools are connected directly to the A-Z topics.