Overview
- The Department for Education has begun issuing Attendance Baseline Improvement Expectations this month, using AI to set minimum gains for 2024–25.
- Each target reflects local context, including location, pupil needs and deprivation, and pairs reports with examples of higher-attending peer schools.
- Targets will not be published or shared with Ofsted, with progress used to direct support rather than formal accountability.
- Thirty-six new Attendance and Behaviour Hubs launch today, with referrals to regional RISE teams for schools that fall short.
- Teaching unions NAHT and ASCL criticise the plan as extra pressure that overlooks factors outside schools’ control.