Managing School Attendance
Abstract
Teachers and governments all agree that if you wish to raise educational standards then it’s imperative to improve school attendance, and yet an average of around ten per cent of secondary pupils are missing school on a daily basis. Despite governments around the globe trying to address this situation, any improvements have been negligible and improvements in school attendance have been stubbornly hard to achieve. As an internationally recognised expert on this topic, Professor Ken Reid offers workable, practical solutions to help schools improve attendance and to reduce non-attendance and truancy at government level, school and local authority level, individual pupil level and at the family level. Underpinned by the very latest research, but expanded upon with an accessible, practitioner focus, the issues covered by this topical text include: The causes of non-attendance and truancy Successful interventions and the evidence from research Reflections on the attempts to find national solutions Implementing home-school solutions An agenda for the future Supporting throughout with case-studies and workable solutions to the most demanding of situations, this book will be essential reading for head teachers, deputy head teachers, teachers and any educational professional eager to raise standards for all.
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Categorical dichotomies and distinctions for SA/A have been designed to carve out groups of youth with different school attendance problems to help identify causal factors and basic treatment direction and scope.
“These dichotomies and distinctions have been generally designed to carve out groups of youth with different school attendance problems to help identify causal factors as well as basic treatment direction and scope”
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Kearney, C. A., Gonzálvez, C., Graczyk, P. A., & Fornander, M. J. (2019) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02222 · Cited by 130 · see citing works
“These dichotomies and distinctions have been generally designed to carve out groups of youth with different school attendance problems to help identify causal factors as well as basic treatment direction and scope (Reid, 2013).”
BackgroundTruancy and well-being among secondary school pupils in England
Attwood, G., & Croll, P. (2014) · Educational Studies · doi:10.1080/03055698.2014.955725 · Cited by 90 · see citing works
Yang, K.-E., & Ham, S. (2017) · The Social Science Journal · doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2017.02.001 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
Behind the SCREEN: identifying school refusal themes and sub-themes
Gallé-Tessonneau, M., & Heyne, D. (2020) · Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties · doi:10.1080/13632752.2020.1733309 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
“…school, but attending nevertheless, may be classified as displaying SR. Thirdly, some absences among youth meeting Berg and colleagues’ criteria for SR may be justified (authorised), while other absences may be unjustified (unauthorised), and it can be difficult to tease this out (Reid 2013).”
BackgroundErgebnisse einer quantitativen Untersuchung an Schulen zu Risikofaktoren bei Schulangst
Fischer, A.-C., Dunkake, I., & Ricking, H. (2022) · Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie · doi:10.1024/1422-4917/a000880 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
Gràcia, M. G., & Valls, O. (2023) · International Journal of Inclusive Education · doi:10.1080/13603116.2023.2266722 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
“To this effect, it is fundamental to identify the precipitating and preventive factors of the phenomenon, which as Reid (2013) points out can be considered today as one of the most successful strategies to combat absenteeism.”
Arbour, M., Soto, C., Alée, Y., Atwood, S., Muñoz, P., & Marzolo, M. (2023) · Frontiers in Education · doi:10.3389/feduc.2022.975092 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
“Both of these strategies incorporated several best practices reported in the literature (Reid, 2013; Kearney, 2016; Chu et al., 2019): they analyzed and made use of their collected attendance data, identified causes of absenteeism, and provided attendance feedback to key stakeholders, including…”
BackgroundHume’s Two Causalities and Social Policy
Price, L. (2014) · Journal of Critical Realism · doi:10.1179/1476743014z.00000000034 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Birioukov, A., & Brant-Birioukov, K. (2019) · Frontiers in Education · doi:10.3389/feduc.2019.00144 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
“A substantial portion of absentees come from an economically disadvantaged position (Reid, 2013; Maynard et al., 2017), and living in or near poverty can limit a student’s ability to attend in a number of ways, such as: lack of transportation; little money for food, clothes, and/or school supplies;…”
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Varón, J. A. G., Brown, J. L., & Downer, J. T. (2023) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1065749 · Cited by 6 · see citing works
“Interventions targeting individuals or small groups at risk of truancy, instead of at the classroom as a whole, have been common practice in education (Teasley, 2004; Reid, 2013).”
BackgroundThe outcomes of educational welfare officer contact in England
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Non-public competition and public school performance: evidence from West Virginia
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Who is allowed to stay at home during school hours? An analysis of school withdrawal
Kruithof, E. H., & Keppens, G. (2024) · Educational Studies · doi:10.1080/03055698.2024.2369859 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
Bolosha, M., & Madalambana, O. (2026) · Journal of Education and Learning Technology · doi:10.38159/jelt.20267110
- Authors
- Reid, K.
- Corresponding author
- Reid, Ken
- Venue
- Routledge eBooks
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2013-08-15
- OpenAlex
- W4242557259
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 1.37
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Parental Involvement in Education
- Keywords
- school attendance, truancy, school non-attendance, high school students, causes of truancy, school-family partnership, family involvement, educational standards, local authority policy
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