Section 3 - Identifying how data can most effectively be used to inform actions
Schools that have been successful in improving attendance and reducing persistent absence have a clear understanding of the attendance issues within the school; they identify these through the analysis of data. Anecdotal evidence about reasons for absence and patterns of absence can be misleading, so the following tools will allow schools to quickly identify the reasons for absence across the whole school. Regular analysis of data will show the school how improvements are being made and where they need to direct the focus of their work on improvement.
