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.