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MAT Attendance Leader — School Note of Visit

A structured visit record for weekly, fortnightly and termly attendance leadership. Capture evidence, recognise strong practice, identify immediate priorities, agree actions and assess professional curiosity and attendance knowledge.

Visit → ActionObserve. Question. Assure. Improve. Follow up.
Data protection: use aggregate, anonymous or non-identifiable information only. Do not enter pupil names, dates of birth, addresses, medical identifiers, safeguarding disclosures or raw case records into this tool.
1

Visit details

Record the purpose, cadence and people involved in the professional visit.
2

Attendance snapshot

Use current aggregate information to frame the conversation. The purpose is to identify patterns and questions, not merely record percentages.
3

Progress since the previous visit

Focus on movement, follow-through and whether previous actions changed practice or outcomes.
4

Examples of good practice seen

Record specific practice worth recognising. Where appropriate, identify what could be shared or scaled across the MAT.
5

Immediate improvement priorities

Keep priorities few, specific and actionable. These should be the things that now matter most, rather than a long wish-list.
6

Attendance leadership professional practice

Developmental scoring for the attendance leader / team observed. Scores should be evidenced through the visit conversation and practice seen; they are not a performance-management grade.

Professional curiosity

How well does the leader probe beneath headline data, question assumptions, triangulate evidence and seek the lived experience behind absence?

Select a score to see the descriptor.

Professional knowledge

How securely does the leader understand attendance practice, data, statutory expectations, SEND/inclusion, safeguarding links and effective intervention?

Select a score to see the descriptor.
Professional practice score
Curiosity + professional knowledge
— / 10
7

Evidence and assurance

Tick only what was genuinely reviewed or discussed during this visit.
8

MAT support and next visit

Make the support offer and follow-up expectation explicit.