Our Company, ECS Pupil Attendance Consultancy Services Ltd, has been formed to support the ever-increasing demand for educational establishments to not only monitor and manage attendance effectively, but to provide good quality early intervention to support pupils and their families where there are issues with attendance. We are also highly proficient in identifying when legal intervention is necessary and progressing these cases when appropriate.
We strongly believe that early identification and intervention are the most successful ways to ensure positive outcomes.
Irregular school attendance is quite often a symptom of a multitude of other factors. These can include poor family relationships, lack of consistent parenting, domestic violence, substance misuse to name but a few. Our bespoke packages can be tailored to support these and many other issues.
Consultations
- Whole school and/or individual year group analysis
- Developing effective systems to evaluate and improve attendance
Audits
- Audits of policies and procedures including assistance in creating an effective attendance policy
Advice
- Advice and guidance on current pupil regulations including the correct coding of registers
- Advice and guidance on referrals to the Local Authority
- Advice on referrals to the Education Access Team, formerly known as the Alternative Education Provision Service (long-term medical conditions, teenage pregnancy, reduced timetables)
- Advice on effective strategies to improve punctuality
- Bespoke parenting advice
- Advice on Ofsted Inspections
Services
- Attendance at transition days/meetings to set expectations
- Data analysis to identify groups of students whose attendance is of concern. This will allow us to apply bespoke interventions and in turn close the gap between vulnerable groups such as those who are Pupil Premium students
- School based meetings and/or home visits
- Creating bespoke parenting contracts
- Completing referrals to the Education Access Team, formerly known as the Alternative Education Provision Service (long-term medical conditions, teenage pregnancy, reduced timetables)
- Whole school/new staff/attendance officer training
- Signposting and working closely with other agencies such as Social Care, Family Solutions, EWMHS (Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Service) and the Police
- Issuing ‘Notice to Improve’ letter
- Actioning appropriate and successful referrals for the consideration of legal action
