—·Attendance & Persistent Absence

Every Day Counts, Confident Schools

Written to the July 2026 statutory guidance: how a secondary school finds the children who are slipping, understands why, and gets them back — before absence becomes a safeguarding matter.

55 pages 50 sections 14 free to read here

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Page 1 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 1

Page 2 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 2

Page 3 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 3 *The Five Daily Non-Negotiables*

Page 4 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 4 *The Architecture, at a Glance*

Page 5 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 5 *Foreword — Absence Is Not an Admin Problem*

Page 6 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 6 *The National Picture: What the Data Shows*

Page 7 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 7 *Where Absence Actually Comes From*

Page 8 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 8 *The Legal Framework: What You Must Do*

Page 9 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 9 *What Ofsted Actually Looks For*

Page 10 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 10 *Part I — Why Children Stop Coming*

Page 11 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 11 *Part II — Anxiety, Avoidance & the Return Curve*

Page 12 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 12 *Part III — Belonging & the School That Notices*

Page 13 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 13 *The Five-Pillar Architecture, at a Glance*

Page 14 of Every Day Counts, Confident Schools — Page 14 *Pillar 1 — Expect*

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You have read 14 of 55 pages. The remaining 41 pages carry the rest of the practice, everything under For Leaders, the print-and-use toolkit and the standalone international chapter.

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5 print-and-use templates and a 45-minute INSET
Referenced to DfE July 2026 statutory guidance & the 2025 Ofsted framework
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