Andrew Hill

Head of Partnership, FFT

Andrew Hill has worked for over 20 years in the school sector to help improve educational outcomes. With a background in teaching, Andrew has worked in schools, local authorities, commercial training and the Department for Education in the field of education data analysis.

As Head of Partnership at FFT, Andrew now works directly with trusts and schools, ensuring that they can make the best use of FFT’s comparative data.

Hall 8a

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The attendance puzzle: Patterns, problems, and policy implications

Despite modest improvements in pupil attendance across England, absence rates remain stubbornly above pre-pandemic levels. Drawing on the latest insights from FFT’s Education Datalab and Attendance Tracker, we’ll unpack the complex landscape of school attendance in 2024/25 to support trust leaders to navigate the challenge with a clear and confident data-informed approach. We’ll explore emerging patterns across primary and secondary phases and examine the implications through a leadership lens. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of the drivers behind the trends, the policy levers available to address persistent absence, and how to use attendance data to inform targeted interventions and resource allocation.