Ashington Academy Attendance Hub
Attendance Hubs were created by the Department for Education in 2022 as part of the government's strategy to improve school attendance.
They are led by schools with strong attendance records, which share their successful approaches with other schools to help reduce absenteeism and ensure more students attend regularly.
Ashington Academy leads our Trust's Attendance Hub.
They are one of 32 such hubs across England and they've been working since early 2024 to spread their strategic approach to improving attendance to neighbouring schools.
The Ashington Attendance Hub supports other schools to tackle their attendance issues by sharing their proven attendance strategy through shared training sessions or bespoke school-to-school packages.
If your school is interested in finding out more about the Attendance Hub and/or how Ashington Academy can help you directly, please get in touch with our hub lead, Colin McLaughlin.
North East Attendance Conferences
Struggling with persistent absence? Want to build a stronger attendance culture? Keen to hear what’s worked in other schools?
Join staff from the Ashington Attendance Hub for a practical and solution focussed event that will equip you with proven strategies and take-away resources to make a real difference to your attendance rates.
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Discover proven strategies to boost your attendance rates
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Learn from schools who’ve turned things around rapidly
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Take away practical tools you can implement straight away
Choose from two dates - 9th July or 7th October 2025 - £150 per delegate:
- Ashington Attendance Hub Regional ConferenceWed 09 JulThe Academy at Shotton Hall
- Ashington Attendance Hub Regional ConferenceTue 07 OctAshington Academy
Sessions include:
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Ashington Academy attendance strategy overview - Yvonne Weston, Executive Headteacher, North East Learning Trust
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Demonstrating the impact of attendance strategies - Debbie Redshaw, Director of Quality Assurance, North East Learning Trust
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Tackling attendance - Colin McLaughlin and Ailsa Beattie, Ashington Academy Attendance Hub
Plus:
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Roles and information on day-to-day responsibilities
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Practical workshop and take home resources