It is crucial to work in partnership with parent carers when there are attendance difficulties and worries. Parents are often the first people to notice their child’s worries and will have good ideas about what support their child might need.
- Strengths-based home school meetings provide a shared understanding of attendance difficulties and worries and can be used to create a co-produced support plan. This approach is helpful to avoid a sense of blame between schools and families.
- The Ordinarily Available Inclusive Education framework provides general guidance on working in partnership with parent carers.
- Using the ATTEND framework can support working in partnership with parents when there are concerns about attendance.