Evidence, Impact and Actions for Consideration 2024-26 report: Process

This report was prepared by Education Scotland, with strong collaborative support from the Scottish Government’s Health and Wellbeing, and Education Analytical services teams. Evidence was collated from 31 local authorities across Scotland on their local approaches. With the support of attainment advisors, 52 schools across 28 local authorities were sampled to gain local level understanding of strategies that are supporting improved attendance. Examples of practice from the ES ‘Improving Attendance Quality Improvement Programme’, previously published case studies and webinars have contributed to the evidence, informing high-level messages of what is working. 

Analysis of the Accredited Official Statistics for attendance for the last two school sessions (2023-24 and 2024-25) has informed the data section of this report.