THE QUESTION
Why does school attendance keep falling?
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Clusters form from similarity, names come last
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Links are symmetric — A~B is B~A. Clusters are the groups that emerge from held ties, and only a formed cluster can be named, by a person. Your own links carry a ✕ to withdraw; you cannot remove someone else's. Clusters organise the wall and never gate the vote — two cards making the same CLAIM are a merge back in Clarify.
Links and names are made while Cluster is live; the steward’s ← reopens it.
unnamed cluster — name it if the group has a common thread, or leave it unnamed (2)
Fines are issued to families who cannot pay them
Some families keep children home on days they cannot afford lunch
unnamed cluster — name it if the group has a common thread, or leave it unnamed (2)
Nobody at school knows which pupils are young carers
A pupil's absence record follows them but the reasons do not
~ Nobody at school know… · helddiscuss
· not yet clustered (24)
Reintegration after a long absence is left to the pupil
Sanctions escalate faster than any support does
Year 9 is where the pattern starts, and nothing changes in Year 9
Form tutors have five minutes with thirty pupils
Pupils with a friend absent are more likely to be absent themselves
~ Pupils say nobody wou… · helddiscussing (1)
The bus is unreliable in the mornings for the estate furthest away
~ Teachers mark a late … · helddiscuss
Uniform rules are enforced at the gate and pupils are sent home
Letters home are the same template whatever the reason for absence
Attendance drops sharply after the first exclusion
The first contact home is a warning, never a question
A quarter of absences are medical appointments booked in school time
Older siblings' history with the school shapes the family's attitude
The first lesson on Monday is the most missed of the week
The pastoral team lost two posts in the last budget
Parents contact the school only when the school has contacted them first
~ The first contact hom… · helddiscuss
Pupils say nobody would notice if they were not there
~ Nobody at school know… · held~ Pupils with a friend … · held~ Pupils who fall behin… · helddiscuss
Cover lessons with a supply teacher are the ones pupils skip
Anxiety is the reason given most, and there is a waiting list to see anyone
Teachers mark a late arrival the same as a full absence
The school is measured on attendance percentage, not on who is missing
Toilets are locked during lessons and some pupils will not risk it
Break is fifteen minutes and the queue for food is longer
Pupils who fall behind stop coming rather than sit in lessons they cannot follow
~ Toilets are locked du… · held~ Pupils say nobody wou… · held~ Some families keep ch… · held~ Cover lessons with a … · held~ Fines are issued to f… · helddiscuss
Attendance officers spend the day on the phone, not in the building