Source: Scotland – Highland Council
At the November 2024 Education Committee, the Council reported a review of the Highland Raising Attainment Strategy. Part of that review involves work around better understanding attendance challenges and the reasons for repeat absence from school. Two surveys are being distributed to schools across Highland for either pupils or parent/carers who struggle with regular school attendance to complete the short survey. The survey is anonymous and will run from Monday 24 February until Friday 14 March 2025.
The surveys are available here:
Parent survey on attendance: https://forms.office.com/e/vYZvATHXtC
Pupil survey on attendance : https://forms.office.com/e/QgeMqY21UT
Education Committee Chair, Cllr John Finlayson said: “Highland’s Raising Attainment Strategy includes engaging with pupils and parents/carers through the GIRFEC agenda, as part of that work a survey has been distributed to all schools across Highland, and we ask pupils or the parents/carers of children who struggle attending school on a regular basis to take part in the survey.
“Findings from the survey will be collated to assist our approaches to raise attainment, support health and wellbeing of learners and to help close the poverty related attainment gap.”
24 Feb 2025