Salford has been chosen as one of three areas that the Government has selected to drive up school attendance rates
Along with three other areas in the country,it could mean parents getting a text when their child doesn’t show up at school.
The plans include the expansion of the successful sector-led Attendance Hubs programme with nine new lead hub schools, alongside the expansion of Attendance Mentors in areas of the country with the highest levels of pupil absence.
The expansion of the attendance mentors programme, delivered by children’s charity Barnardo’s, will see trained mentors work directly with 1,665 persistently and severely absent children and their families across Knowsley, Doncaster, Stoke-on-Trent and Salford to understand and overcome the barriers to attendance and support them back into school.
Schools minister Nick Gibb said: “Though pupil attendance is continuing to recover, the pandemic has still had a real impact on pupil absence in school.
“That is why we’re expanding some of our most important attendance measures today – including the attendance hubs and mentoring programmes, to ensure children have the best chance of receiving a high-quality education.”
