in class. The policies enforces allowances to be made for individual differences. It caters for the very able, encourages continuous development of the curriculum, requires differentiation to be practiced with all year groups, puts forward the enhancement of the of all pupil’s achievements, requires an evaluation of the role of the teacher and encourages a flexible approach to learning (Le Riche, 1995). Other school - based strategies include managing attendance with reference to the duties of form tutors, subject teachers, the pastoral staff and the senior management team. Other preventative measures include interviewing individual pupils, and providing short and long term counseling sessions for both parents and pupils. Overall it is important to provide an atmosphere of a pupil friendly school so that pupils enjoy being in school and in that way pupils do not avoid school. Home – school partnership programs focuses on the involvement of parents and provides them with the right to be consulted about the development of their children. It is clear that when pupils see the collaboration of home and school they are likely to cooperate. Home visits take place, there are interview’s with parents and pupils, whole year activities such as assertiveness training, small group work with the educational welfare officer etc. As stated earlier during this essay, the family may be the cause of truancy therefore if the parents are involved and helped then truancy could be remedied. Truancy patrols involves truancy watch schemes. John Patten encouraged education authorities to set up such schemes as he believed that enlisting the help of the local community would reduce the number of truants roaming the streets (Le Riche, 1995). Such a scheme brought about much debate as it was difficult to figure out who can or should approach the young people roaming the streets during school hours. It is obvious that the police are suitable for s...
