Frequent Absence Dashboard notifications
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Charlotte Clapcott
We really need to be notified of frequent absences on the dashboard. This is NOT the absences that are recognised in the Frequent Absence Report. This is for being absent on a specific day for 3 consecutive weeks. Our teaching staff are often the ones to enter absences (through the attendance page) and they don't know about frequent absence rules. If a child is absent at our centre for 3 consecutive weeks on a specific day, we send them an email notifying them that they MUST attend on that day in week 4 or they lose their funding (unless a med cert is provided). We then charge them that funding loss if their child doesn't attend in week 4. We're often missing this step because we're not identifying that the child has already been absent for 3 consecutive weeks.
Sian West
It's not till the 4th month of this pattern that you lose funding though?
Ki Mansell
Sian West or 3 consecutive weeks of no attendance at all. I'm not sure what rule they are applying for the concern above.