Look beyond absence.
Understand the barrier. Strengthen belonging. Improve attendance. Practical support for everyone around the child.
What brings you to the Portal?
Choose the route built around your role. Everything else remains available through the full resource directory.
Schools, Colleges & Trusts
Strategy, casework, data, SEND, leadership, governance, CPD and practical attendance improvement.
Enter Education →Parents & Carers
Clear support for anxiety, SEND, routines, difficult mornings, school meetings and returning to education.
Enter Family Support →Children & Young People
Belonging, confidence, attendance journeys, comeback planning and practical tools centred on pupil voice.
Enter Young People's Hub →Wider Professionals
Support for health, local authorities, social care, public health and multi-agency attendance work.
Enter Professional Hub →What do you need help with?
You don't need to know the name of a resource. Start with the issue you are trying to solve.
Three places to start.
A deliberately small selection of useful current resources — rather than presenting everything at once.
National RISE Support Package
Practical support connected to the national RISE agenda and attendance improvement.
Progression Entitlement Plan
Connect belonging, progression, curriculum and engagement so pupils have a stronger reason to stay connected.
School Inclusion Statement Builder
Build a coherent inclusion statement linking attendance, SEND, disadvantage, belonging and measurable impact.
Attendance Magazine will always be free.
High-quality attendance insight, practical guidance and informed professional discussion should be accessible regardless of budget, school size or location.
Free at the core.
Membership adds deeper implementation support, but the Portal keeps open access to its magazine, news, insight and essential resources.
Free helps you understand. Membership helps you implement.
Advanced tools, editable resources, professional learning, implementation programmes, casework support and assurance resources.
News & insight
Core resources
Selected tools
Guidance
Diagnose
Train
Implement
Evaluate & report
The National Attendance Portal brings together practical tools, evidence and human understanding for everyone around the child. Education, families, health, inclusion and wider services all have a role.