We would like to acknowledge and thank a range of partners in the development of these webpages, including:

• Parents carers who completed the ‘School Attendance Survey’. This online survey was completed by 387 parents across Devon in June and July 2024.
• Parent carers who attended parent carer engagement events. Over thirty parents attended two in person events in July 2024 to provide their views about school attendance.
• Parent carers from Okehampton Primary School who provided user testing of the website in October 2024.

• Pupils who took part in pupil views focus groups at:
  • Queen Elizabeth’s School
  • St. Luke’s
  • Silverton Primary School

• School Staff who completed the ‘School Attendance Survey: School Views’.

• Professionals who attended three EBSA Pathway of Support Workshops in April, May and July 2024. This included professionals from:
  • School Nursing
  • Public Health
  • Education Wellbeing Advisors
  • SEMH and Wellbeing Team
  • Communication and Interaction Team
  • CAMHS
  • Mental Health Support Teams
  • Education Key worker Team
  • Early Help
  • Parental Minds

• SEND Advisors.
• The Devon Information and Advice Service (DiAS).
• The Devon County Council Participation team.
• The following Educational Psychology Services
  • The Wirral EPS, Lancashire EPS, Sutton EPS and Salford EPS.
• The following EPS services EBSA guidance documents:
  • West Sussex EPS, Somerset EPS, Nottinghamshire EPS.