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FamiliesParent & Carer Hub
Clear, practical support when attendance becomes difficult — understand barriers, prepare for school conversations and find constructive next steps for your child.
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Every hub, in one place.
Choose the route closest to your role or current challenge. The hubs are deliberately connected, because attendance improvement depends on schools, families, health and public services working together.
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Young peopleStudent Hub
Built around pupil voice and belonging, with tools to help young people understand their school experience, find the words and strengthen confidence and connection.
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SchoolsPrimary & Secondary School Hub
Practical attendance tools, strategy, training and improvement resources for teachers, attendance teams, senior leaders, governors and whole-school practice.
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LeadershipMAT, SAT & Maintained Schools Leadership Hub
Strategic support for trusts, maintained schools and governance: assurance, variation, data, leadership priorities and building sustainable attendance improvement.
Enter the Leadership Hub →16+
Post-16Further Education / Post-16 Providers Hub
Support for participation, retention, transition and belonging in FE and post-16 settings, including the distinctive challenges that come with greater learner independence.
Enter the Post-16 & FE Hub →SEND
InclusionSEND, Inclusion & Attendance Hub
Attendance through an inclusion lens: SEND, EBSA, unmet need, reasonable adjustments and practical ways to reduce barriers to accessing school successfully.
Enter the SEND & Inclusion Hub →MH
WellbeingMental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Hub
Practical guidance where anxiety, emotional distress, EBSA or wider mental-health needs are affecting attendance, participation or a successful return to education.
Enter the Mental Health Hub →MED
MedicalHospital Schooling Hub
Support when illness, treatment, recovery or medical conditions affect education — helping schools and families think about access, continuity, adjustments and reintegration.
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Public healthPublic Health Hub
Explore attendance as a public-health issue, connecting absence with health, inequality, place, access to services, prevention and the wider determinants affecting children.
Enter the Public Health Hub →SC
Social careSocial Care Hub
Connect attendance with safeguarding, vulnerability, family circumstances and early help, supporting stronger multi-agency work around children and families.
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PolicePolice Hub
A policing and community-safety perspective on attendance, safeguarding and vulnerability, helping strengthen partnership working between police, schools and other services.
Enter the Police Hub →LA
Local systemsLocal Authority Hub
For local-authority attendance and education teams: statutory responsibilities, system leadership, partnership, data and coordinated support across schools and services.
Enter the Local Authority Hub →NEET
PreventionNEETS Prevention & Support Hub
Identify disengagement earlier and strengthen transition, participation and progression so attendance difficulties do not become longer-term disconnection from opportunity.
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The Portal is designed to help you move between perspectives rather than treating attendance as a school-only issue. Start where the barrier is most visible, then explore the connected support around it.
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