Looked After Children

Welfare Call now works with over 70 authorities (Authority Listing) throughout England. The authorities we work with have varied numbers of Looked After Children, ranging from as few as 40 children per authority to over 900 in others. We monitor both inner and outer borough children. From our offices in Barnsley, 65+ call operators (all CRB checked) monitor the attendance of 15,000 children daily. We call over 5,000 schools per day to obtain the attendance marks for each child.

If the child has not obtained a mark that day we then contact the carer or social worker dependant on each individual authority’s preference. The data we provide has developed from being an up to date picture of attendance to become part of some authorities planning of future strategies. Please view the Process Analysis link for a detailed description of how we collect and report on the data.

Included in the cost is the collection of GCSE's and SAT's. We also collect PEP dates, basic SEN information and the names of Designated LAC Teachers.

For an additional cost we will also collect Teacher Assesments.

To follow is an overview of the reports we supply authorities with, on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.

DAILY REPORTS

Daily Email
Lists all absences reported for that day plus those not on roll.

Daily Messages
Lists all changes to a child’s mandatory or core data and requests data missing on that day. The mandatory data parameters can be defined by the Authority.

Continuous Absence
Lists all children absent for 3 continuous days or more on that day.
This 3 day breakpoint can be reset by the Authority concerned to any number of days i.e. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25.

Exclusion Notification
Lists all exclusions that Welfare Call has been notified about by schools on that day. Please be aware that not all exclusions are confirmed on the first day.

Changed Mark
Lists all historical marks that have been changed that day.

WEEKLY / MONTHLY REPORTS

Attendance Analysis
Defines all attendance data for all children within that Authority.

Excessive Absence
Lists all children that have reached the absence parameters fixed by the Authority i.e. 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 continuous.

Performance Assessment Framework (PAF)
Lists the number of days absent of all eligible children i.e. those that have been in continuous care for more than 12 months and have 25 days or more absence.

Attendance Breakdown
Categorises every child’s attendance, as per the DfE attendance codes.

Exclusion
Lists all exclusions to date by first date of exclusion. Also includes length of exclusion and school details.

Individual Pupil Report (IPR) (over 3 pages per child)
Page 1 of IPR - Displays an individual child’s attendance register, during the period of monitoring. Any change of school placement will also be recorded here.
Page 2 of IPR – Displays a commentary for every absence recorded on page 1 of the IPR.
Page 3 of IPR – Displays all core data held on file for that particular child.

School Excessive Absence Report
Lists all children within a particular school and combines their total absences to compare and contrast with other schools.

Year Group Excessive Absence Report
Lists all the children within the authorities’ cohort by year group to compare which years have the least/most absences.

Week by Week Absence Report
Displays the total absences for the week. This report is cumulative and will expand as the academic year progresses.

Month by Month Absence Report
Displays the total absences for the month. This report is cumulative and will expand as the academic year progresses.

Day by Day Absence Report (DTD)
Displays the total absences for the Day. This report is cumulative and will expand as the academic year progresses.

For more information on the reports Welfare Call provide authorities with please contact our Sales Team on Tel: 01226 716333 or email sales@welfarecall.com