There are no easy solutions to the challenges around pupil attendance. In previous blogs, we have suggested some approaches that might be beneficial.
In this blog, we consider three relationships that can be impacted by poor pupil attendance, and how we can restore them: self, others and curriculum.
The behaviour for learning conceptual framework, adapted from Powell and Tod (2004), appears in the EEF’s Improving Behaviour in Schools guidance report. Central to any ‘learning behaviour’ lies three relationships:
Relationship with self, which could include elements like self-efficacy, confidence and resilience.
Relationships with others, which is the willingness and ability to form and maintain meaningful relationships with peers and adults.
Relationship with the curriculum, which means being able and willing to access, process and respond to the curriculum.
