Attendance matters

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Read a Spotlight research report about attendance in Australian schools, with information on:

• Attendance data
• Impacts of non-attendance
• Factors influencing attendance
• Addressing non-attendance.

It is vital that students attend and engage with the learning opportunities offered in classrooms. By setting attendance standards early, ensuring students feel a sense of belonging to their school, taking a ‘whole-of-community’ approach, collecting detailed attendance information and planning individualised and culturally authentic approaches to addressing attendance, teachers, school leaders and school communities will be better equipped to support students to engage with their education.