Improving school attendance (Routledge, 1999)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-193) and index
Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1 Theoretical debates and legislative framework; 2 Combating truancy the Scottish approach; 3 School attendance and the role of law in England and Wales; 4 The relationship between delinquency and non attendance at school; 5 The effective collection and analysis of attendance data; 6 The essential elements of an effective attendance policy; 7 Strategies for improving school attendance; 8 Proactive primary approaches to non-attendance; 9 Raising expectations at Don Valley High School
This book will be the first in several years concerned with non-attendance. Previously unpublished material in the book will provide a multi-disciplinary evaluation of practice at LEA, whole school and individual levels