Academy trusts picked out by the education secretary will lead new attendance hubs aimed at slashing stubbornly-high absence rates by spreading “strong” strategies to keep pupils in school.
The Department for Education is setting up new “sector-led” school attendance hubs to offer free support on absence.
The scheme builds on a pilot hub launched a year ago by North Shore Academy, based in Stockton-on-Tees and part of the Northern Education Trust.
Trust chief executive Rob Tarn, an advisor on the DfE’s “attendance action alliance”, had called for the model to be replicated nationwide.
