Getting Attendance Right

How to keep children and young people in school

Paul Jenkins (Author)

Getting Attendance Right

How to keep children and young people in school

Paul Jenkins (Author)

Ebook (Epub & Mobi) ₹1799.00

Ebook (Epub & Mobi) ₹1799.00

Ebook (Epub & Mobi) ₹1799.00

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Improving attendance has become one of the most urgent priorities for schools in the post-pandemic landscape. Shifting attitudes, rising anxiety and the appeal of digital alternatives mean that regular attendance can no longer be assumed. This a challenge that demands clarity, realism and practical action.

Getting Attendance Right offers a concise, practitioner-focused toolkit to help both primary and secondary schools understand this changing context and respond effectively. It explores the pressures created by shrinking resources, the misconceptions that surround attendance work and the day-to-day realities that shape students' engagement. To support this, the book provides:

- Clear principles behind effective attendance intervention.
- Practical strategies for tackling poor attendance.
- A structured framework for sustainable whole-school change.

Grounded, accessible and solutions-driven, this book equips educators to rebuild routines, strengthen relationships and bring students firmly back into the heart of school life.

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Published	11 Mar 2027
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Pages	160
ISBN	9781801999120
Imprint	Bloomsbury Education
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Paul Jenkins

An outstanding guide to one of education's toughest challenges. Sharp, insightful and packed with brilliant, practical ideas, Jenkins transforms attendance from a data problem into a leadership opportunity. As a secondary headteacher, I found it both inspiring and invaluable, with useful strategies I will apply immediately.

Nicola Bull, Headteacher and Education Leader.
Getting Attendance Right should become a go-to handbook for every school. In a comprehensive study of the various reasons for and facets of poor or patchy attendance, Jenkins offers educators a wide range of advice and practical strategies, tried and tested to have impact. He acknowledges that attendance is 'multi-dimensional and incredibly complex' but the book is clearly structured to break the problem down and tackle it from a range of angles. Jenkins' approach can be summarised as a personalised approach and the application of 'robust empathy

Rachel Macfarlane, Education Consultant, speaker, author and former headteacher.
Challenging, thought provoking and supportive for all interested in addressing challenges around school attendance. Contemporary research and lived experience meets practical solutions and an optimism that change is possible!

Stephen Wheatley, CEO All Saints Catholic Academy Trust