Attendance Resources

Including the most up-to-date 2026 information from the Working Together to Improve School Attendance guidance, this pack provides you with easy-to-digest guidance, editable templates, multiple training PowerPoints and eye-catching attendance posters to give you a full starting package for how to tackle pupil absence and improve attendance levels.

Want to know what's inside the pack? View a preview version of the guidance and accompanying templates, posters and presentations!

Wanting to help your staff to understand the role they play in reducing pupil absence by sharing details from the most up-to-date version on Working Together to Improve Attendance? This training bundle, which is perfect for INSETs, staff meetings and twilights, contains engaging and collaborative training materials plus real-life attendance scenarios to meet your attendance CPD needs. 

New for 2025, strengthen your school’s approach to attendance with this updated audit pack. Designed for leaders overseeing attendance strategy and practice, it guides a clear, honest review of what’s working, what’s not, and where to focus next.

From strategic leadership and inclusive practice to working with families and evaluating impact, each section helps you unpick the barriers behind absence and shape a culture of belonging and high expectations. Built around Ofsted’s draft 2025 toolkit and the DfE’s Working Together to Improve Attendance guidance, it gives you confidence that your approach is robust and responsive. All buyers will receive a free update when Ofsted publish their final inspection toolkit in September so that the audit paperwork is fully aligned with the final framework.

☑️ Editable 20-page audit exploring five themes: leadership and culture, inclusive practice, partnership working, promoting belonging, and continuous improvement – all with clear reflection prompts throughout

☑️ Practical extras: whole-school attendance strategy template with guiding prompts, editable attendance letter templates for different scenarios, and a one-page SLT and governor summary to share findings clearly

☑️ Includes an action plan template, document checklist and staff, pupil and parent question bank to build a complete picture of strengths and priorities

Whether you’re an attendance officer, attendance champion, headteacher, deputy, assistant head, school business manager or pastoral leader, this pack helps you lead attendance work confidently and prepare for inspection with clarity and purpose.

🔎 Want a closer look? Click here to preview the audit pack🔗 

👉 The contents of this pack can also be found in our full Attendance Strategy, Monitoring and Training Pack

Wondering how you can support individual pupils with their attendance, including identifying barriers, addressing push and pull factors and creating attendance intervention and reintegration plans? This bundle, ideal for attendance champions, mangers, leads and co-ordinators, supports you to help reduce persistent absenteeism and improve student attendance.

Looking to identify the skills and development points of your school's attendance champion, attendance co-ordinator, attendance lead or attendance officer? Or perhaps you're a senior attendance champion who wants to explore their role-specific strengths and weaknesses as part of ongoing development or when looking for a new role. No matter the situation, this handy pack contains exactly what you need to uncover strengths and plan for professional development & growth.

Looking to recruit a new attendance champion or attendance co-ordinator? If you’re wondering what tasks to set and what interview questions to ask a prospective attendance lead to recruit the right candidate for your school, this Attendance Champion Interview Pack can support you throughout the entire process, from advertising to employment. 

Looking to boost key messages about attendance to parents, carers, families and the community? This digital download bundle of eight attendance posters is an ideal way to remind everyone about the importance of high levels of attendance, including messages around taking holidays in term time, how lateness impacts attendance and what to do if a family is struggling with supporting their child's attendance. Each poster is in PDF format, so can be printed, sent as part of your regular newsletters and communication, or even displayed on your school website to promote good school attendance. 

Please note this is a digital download - you won't receive physical copies of the posters. These posters are also available as part of much more comprehensive pack to support school leaders with attendance: Attendance Strategy, Monitoring and Training Pack

🔄 Updated for 2026 in line with KCSIE and the Ofsted Framework

Supporting your attendance link governor effectively takes structure, clarity and the right tools. This pack gives you all three – with three fully editable resources designed to strengthen attendance governance in your school, whether your link governor is new to role or needs more support to be highly effective.

You'll get:

☑️ Attendance Questions for Governors and Trustees – 12 pages of structured questions to support meaningful collaboration between the attendance link governor and key school staff, plus a triangulating evidence section and an action plan template to document next steps

☑️ Attendance Report to Governors Template – a clear, structured template covering attendance data and commentary, giving the full governing board the insight they need

☑️ Attendance Link Governor Roles and Responsibilities – an editable outline of the attendance governor's key responsibilities, ideal for onboarding a new governor or bringing clarity to an existing role

All resources are fully editable so you can adapt them to reflect your school's context and needs.

🔒 Fully aligned to the 2026 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit

Ofsted inspection can feel daunting when you're an attendance lead, especially if you're new to the role or haven't experienced an inspection under the current framework.

Designed specifically for attendance leads, this focused preparation pack translates the 2026 School Inspection Toolkit into practical guidance about your role during inspection. You'll understand when and how you'll engage with inspectors, what questions they're likely to explore and how to demonstrate the excellent attendance work you're already doing to ensure all pupils attend school regularly and punctually, as attendance is the foundation for learning and achievement.

You'll get:

☑️ Attendance Lead Inspection Role Guidance – clear explanation of when you'll be involved during inspection, what happens during focused leadership meetings, case sampling discussions and document reviews, and what inspectors want to understand from you

☑️ Example Ofsted Attendance Lead Questions – realistic questions you might be asked during inspection conversations, helping you practise articulating your approach and identify any areas to strengthen

☑️ Further supporting documents – including a leader action checklist to build your inspection knowledge, an inspection readiness tool to evaluate your current practice against toolkit statements, and editable grade descriptor grids highlighting attendance and behaviour across the framework

This Ofsted attendance lead resources pack helps to build your confidence to articulate your work clearly and supports you to prepare effectively without creating unnecessary workload. All templates are fully editable so you can adapt them for your school's specific context and use them as part of your ongoing attendance leadership, not just for inspection preparation.

👉 Looking for further support on preparing for inspection? These resources are also available as part of the full Ofsted Inspection Preparation Pack too.