Introduction

Core values

Through its 'Fairer, greener, safer' delivery plan, Southwark Council is committed to supporting our young people to succeed at school. Building on this commitment, interagency practice around attendance and inclusion should be guided the following principles:

  1. Keeping children in education is everyone’s business. Ask not ‘whose job is this?’ but ‘who is best positioned to enable positive change’ in relation to attendance and inclusion
  2. Ensuring indicators of poor attendance and behaviour are addressed at the earliest possible stage, and escalated in a timely manner to avoid drift
  3. A commitment to delivering collaborative and restorative practice with families to understand and target the factors underpinning poor attendance and behaviour
  4. Making sure all children with persistently low attendance or at risk of exclusion have targeted help and support to improve attendance and behaviour that is time-limited, evidence-based and subject to regular review

All schools will be offered a Targeting Support Meeting (TSM) or a Team Around the School (TAS) meeting at least once every academic year to identify children in need of help and support with attendance and/or to identify children who meet the threshold for statutory education intervention from the local authority, and to agree whether such action will be taken.

All schools and lead professionals can seek an Attendance and Inclusion consultation with a Senior Education Welfare Officer by emailing the Education Inclusion Team at earlyhelp@southwark.gov.uk or calling 020 7525 1922 (option 3).

Further information on the work of the FEH service with schools can be accessed below:

Page last updated: 07 November 2024

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