School attendance policies should ‘prioritise encouragement and support over sanctions’, the NFER paper has said
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Eleanor Busby
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Schools are offering rewards including iPads and bikes to children to boost attendance, a report has suggested.
Pupils are being given incentives, such as pizza parties and school trips, and are being entered into prize draws to tackle absences, according to the UK’s National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) report.