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Getting children into school is one of the biggest challenges schools face right now. Persistent absence is high, and more pupils are struggling to attend because of anxiety. This training helps your staff understand what’s driving absence, respond well to emotionally based school avoidance, and get more children back into school, safe and ready to learn.
Below, we explain what our attendance and EBSA training involves, and how it helps you improve attendance for every child.
What Is Attendance & Emotionally Based School Avoidance Training?
It’s practical training that helps staff improve attendance and support pupils who find it hard to attend. We cover the causes of absence, working with families, and how to recognise and respond to emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA) with the right early support.
We link it to the latest attendance expectations and focus on what actually brings children back, rather than sanctions alone.
Who Is This Training For?
It’s designed for all education settings: maintained schools, academies, and multi-academy trusts, Alternative Provisions, and SEND Units/Hubs. It works for attendance leads, pastoral teams, senior leaders, or whole staff. Trusts often run it across schools to align their attendance approach.
Many schools ask for it when persistent or severe absence is rising, or when more pupils are struggling to attend because of anxiety.
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What Does the Training Cover?
We shape the content around your priorities. You can book a whole-school INSET, a group session, or focused one-to-one support. Our most common areas include:
- Understanding the real drivers of absence
- The latest attendance guidance and expectations
- Recognising emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA)
- Early support that brings anxious pupils back
- Working with families to remove barriers
- Reintegration planning for absent pupils
- Attendance, SEND, and mental health links
- Using data to spot at-risk pupils early
How This Training Helps Your School, Academy, Trust, or Alternative Provision
1
Get more children into school
Staff learn what really drives absence and how to tackle it. More pupils attend, more often.
2
Support anxious pupils well
Your team learns to recognise and respond to EBSA with the right early help, not just sanctions.
3
Spot problems early
Staff learn to read the data and patterns. They step in before absence becomes entrenched.
4
Work better with families
Attendance improves when families feel supported, not blamed. We show your team how to build that trust.
5
Keep children safe
A child who isn’t in school may be at risk. Better attendance work is better safeguarding.
6
Support your attendance lead
A trained staff shares the load and acts earlier, so it doesn’t all fall on one person.
7
Meet attendance expectations
You can show a clear, informed approach to improving attendance for inspectors and trustees.
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How the Training Works
- 1We talk with you to understand your context, your staff, and what you want to change.
- 2We tailor the content to your setting, your phase, and your improvement priorities.
- 3We use real scenarios from your setting, so the training reflects the attendance challenges you actually face.
- 4We deliver the training in person or online, in a way that fits your calendar.
- 5We give you practical resources and tools your staff can use straight away.
- 6We follow up to help you embed the learning, so it sticks and changes classroom practice.
What Your Staff Get
Every participant comes away with more than notes. They get:
- Clear, practical strategies they can use in the next lesson
- A shared language and consistent approach across the team
- Ready-to-use resources, tools, and templates
- The confidence to put the training into practice
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Key Features of Our Training
Practical and current
We link the training to the latest attendance guidance and what works.
Tailored to your context
We shape it around your data, your families, and your priorities.
Whole-school, group, or individual
Book an INSET, a pastoral team session, or coaching. We adapt to you.
Why Choose Jarvis Education?
We work only with education settings. We understand how hard attendance has become, and what really brings children back into school. Our training helps you improve attendance, with every decision staying focused on children.
Want to know how this training could work for your school? Just get in touch.
Next Steps & How to Get Started
- Speak to one of our experts. We’ll explain how we work, answer your questions, and help you shape the right training for your staff.
- We agree dates and delivery that suit your calendar, in person or online, and confirm everything in writing.
- Contact us today to discuss how we can support your school, academy, trust, and alternative provision.
- We’re ready to help and support you.
Who We Work With
We support settings of every type across England and internationally.
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