Support for Attendance Leads

When attendance issues or children missing education raise safeguarding concerns, DSLs need clear training resources to help staff recognise risks and respond appropriately. This set provides safeguarding training materials focused on CME, attendance and elective home education, helping staff understand how absence from education links to wider safeguarding responsibilities.

☑️ 2 safeguarding scenarios exploring CME and EHE concerns
☑️ 2 one‑minute guides to share in staff briefings or as e‑bulletins
☑️ 1 safeguarding quiz to check staff understanding of safeguarding beyond the family setting

Unlike a single‑session training bundle, this themed safeguarding set gives you a flexible mix of scenarios, quick reference guides and a realistic quiz you can use across multiple staff meetings or CPD sessions. It’s designed to help safeguarding leads deliver staff training on attendance and CME in both primary and secondary contexts.

🔒 Fully aligned to the 2025 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 2025 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.