Decision
That the
implementation of the new Dorset Attendance Strategy and associated plan to
make attendance in educational settings a key feature of all frontline council
services and partners’ work, be approved and supported.
Reason for the
decision
New attendance
statutory guidance from the Department for Education (DfE) took effect in
September 2022. An expectation from the DfE’s guidance was to make attendance a
key feature of all frontline council services. The report sought to respond to
the guidance with a new Attendance Strategy for Dorset which had been developed
with our schools and partners.