Improving School Attendance and Addressing Barriers in Bristol Education System
The Bristol education system is actively addressing attendance challenges due to the impact of COVID-19, alongside other health issues and external disruptions. The Department for Education's support through Attendance Advisors is helping Bristol shape its strategies to reduce pupil absences and enhance attendance. Positive feedback indicates Bristol's proactive approach, energy, and high standards in managing attendance, with a detailed action plan in place to achieve long-term reforms.
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Continued impact of COVID weekly meetings held with Public Health to review data Other illnesses inc chicken pox and scarlet fever Class closures Storm Eunice Youth Strike for Climate Protest Availability of school places Factors impacting attendance in Bristol Delays in arranging start dates and admission responses Availability of home to school transport
Reducing pupil absence and persistent absence is a priority of the Department for Education DfE support from Attendance Advisors Bristol were offered support from one of the Department s recently appointed team of attendance advisors. This small team of advisors provides support to review our existing approach to managing absence and persistent absence across the local authority, work with us to address any barriers, and to share best practice. The work that we do with our advisor team as part of this support, will also give us an opportunity, as a pathfinder, to feed into the longer-term reform of the school attendance system, and help to shape future changes.
Feedback from the one day focussed visit following completion of an Attendance Self-evaluation Strengths Areas for Development Bristol has a well-defined core attendance offer, a model for other LAs Bristol is ahead in its thinking Bristol has good insight and technical understanding of attendance matters Bristol is proactive and doing a lot in relation to attendance Bristol has a well-developed attendance self-evaluation document There is a clear energy in relation to attendance Very high standards of practice Forensic detailed analysis of datasets to target Inc. pupils with SEND Workforce development and continued development of multi-agency partners e.g. with health to ensure Attendance is everyone s business
Action Plan Grouped into 4 key areas which were divided into 31 target areas Leadership and Management Actions and success criteria were identified against each of the target areas Actions were RAG rated in line with likely completion against identified timescale Data and systems Relationships and Communication Intervention Timescales were identified as those achieved by: The end of this academic year The end of the calendar year The end of the next academic 2022/23 Work taking place over and above existing day to day activity of the Attendance and Belonging and Education Welfare teams The action plan will be monitored by the Attendance and Belonging Task Group
Ukrainian Refugees If you are able to offer a place in your setting for a Ukrainian child/ young person following an admissions enquiry, please can you process the application as soon as possible, following your usual processes. So that we can ensure we support these pupils in the best way possible please can you complete the Microsoft form detailed below. If Bristol City Council processes your in year admissions applications, as soon as a place is allocated and accepted, please also complete the Microsoft Form Ukrainian refugee children - Notification of school admissions and enquiries If you are unable to offer a place in your setting for a Ukrainian refugee child/young person following an admissions enquiry, please can you complete a Children Missing Education Form by following the link below: Children missing education (CME) - bristol.gov.uk Important please note they are a Ukrainian Refugee in the free text at the end of the form If you have any queries about the admissions arrangements for any new Ukrainian pupils please contact the attendanceandbelongingteam@bristol.gov.uk
