Kent education boss explains what schools are doing to improve attendance

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00:00 Schools are always wanting to promote school attendance by making their lessons fun and

00:06 interesting, by making sure that their environments are safe and welcoming. And I think every school

00:12 and every headteacher and every teacher would really like to focus on improving attendance

00:17 by offering rewards and incentives and by showing parents and carers and children what a good thing

00:24 it is to be in school every day, rather than focusing on the penalties like fixed penalty

00:30 notices. Because I think schools are really mindful that even issuing that fixed penalty

00:36 notice to a family that may be struggling may be putting additional burden on them. But we

00:41 have a responsibility to the Department for Education and to Ofsted to ensure that our

00:46 attendance rates rise.