Published date: 23 August 2021
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Contract summary
Industry
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£25,000
Procurement reference
Department for Education School Attendance project
Published date
23 August 2021
Closing date
13 September 2021
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
1 November 2021
Contract end date
31 March 2022
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other: Recruitment Campaign
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Overview:
Regular attendance at school is vital for pupils' education, well-being, and mental health. As COVID 19 becomes a virus that we learn to live with it is important that we continue to minimise disruption to children and young people's education. Our priority is to continue to reduce overall school absence as we recover from the pandemic.
Local authorities (LAs) play a key role in supporting schools and working with families to improve attendance and reduce absence. The pandemic has highlighted new attendance challenges. To help address these challenges, we are looking to appoint a small team of advisers to work closely with LAs to help them to review their current approach to attendance and make improvements.
We are seeking applications from individuals with credible leadership experience from an LA, Trust or school setting, who can provide evidence of:
• Supporting schools and local authorities in implementing successful strategies to improve attendance.
• A clear understanding of excellent practice for improving attendance and reducing absence, including using data to inform decision making and strategic planning.
• The ability to quickly establish strong working relationships with LAs and school leaders.
This work will build upon the Department's published best practice advice on attendance here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-attendance/framework-for-securing-full-attendance-actions-for-schools-and-local-authorities
Please refer to the application pack for further information, including:
1. Role description and responsibilities
2. Person Specification
3. Terms of Appointment
4. How to apply
5. Timeline
5. Application form
More information
Attachments
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- Attendance Advisers Application Form FINAL.docx
- Tender notice
- Application Pack
Links
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- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-attendance/framework-for-securing-full-attendance-actions-for-schools-and-local-authorities
- Tender notice
- Department's best practice advice on attendance
Additional text
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The closing date for submitting this applications pack is 5pm Monday 13th September.
We cannot accept applications submitted after this closing date/time.
Please email school.attendance@education.gov.uk if you have any questions or require further information about these roles.
About the buyer
Contact name
Sophie Jones
Address
Attendance Unit - Department for Education, Children's Services, Communications and Strategy Group (CSCSG)
London
SW1P 3BT
England
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Closing: 13 September 2021, 5pm