Overview
- From this month, schools will receive AI-generated Attendance Baseline Improvement Expectations on a test-and-learn basis, calibrated to location, pupil needs and deprivation.
- Each report will link schools to higher-performing peers with similar contexts and include best-practice toolkits focused on key transition years.
- Targets will not be published or shared with Ofsted, and schools that miss expectations will be referred to RISE teams for support.
- Thirty-six Attendance and Behaviour Hubs open today as part of a wider plan for 90 hubs reaching 5,000 schools and giving targeted help to 500 settings.
- Leaders of ASCL and NAHT criticize the move as adding pressure without addressing drivers of absence, urging more resources for schools.