Published date: 23 August 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 13 September 2021, 5pm

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


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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

Email

school.attendance@education.gov.uk