Attendance Task and Finish Group Final Report and Action Plan

The Attendance Task and Finish Group was brought together from June to September 2002 to take forward some of the issues discussed at the Waleswide Tackling Disaffection Together Conference of October 2001. The Group was co-ordinated by the Welsh Assembly Government’s (the Assembly) Pupil Support Division and was made up of representatives of the wide-ranging organisations involved in tackling truancy and its effects. The Membership is shown in Annex 1. This report expresses the thoughts of the Group and gives a series of recommendations for tackling the issues in Wales. In presenting the report, the Group acknowledge and congratulate the efforts which are currently being made to address the problems throughout Wales, both within schools and more widely.