Jayne Lowe OBE
Education Advisor to the DfE, Bright Green Learning Ltd
Jayne Lowe is an Attendance and Behaviour Adviser to the DfE. She has previously been a pupil referral headteacher and managed attendance and inclusion services within a local authority. She has successfully developed and implemented strategy and leading practice with schools and local authorities across the country. Jayne is External Expert to the Youth Custody Service and has been instrumental in the set up of the only secure school in the country. As the founder and managing director of Bright Green Learning she has provided school improvement support to over 100 schools, with a particular focus on leadership development, attendance, safeguarding and behaviour.
1 Workshop series two
Strategies for protecting severely absent pupils
How do we strike the right balance between meeting some of our most vulnerable children's needs around attendance and keeping them safe? This workshop will explore the policy, pinch points and practice of effective safeguarding for severely absent pupils in school trusts. We will consider strategies that trust safeguarding leaders can adopt around data, information-sharing and collaboration with partners and take a practical look at what works for severely absent pupils, including the levers that trusts can use support DSLs in this increasingly urgent and complex area.