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Local Policy Documents and Evidence-Based Reviews WhichConsider Interventions to Improve School AttendanceTable 21 below considers overseas publications relevant to the improvement of school attendance.Educational participation however is also influenced by a range of other factors including astudent’s previous educational experiences and engagement with the education system. ThusTable 14 on Page 114 provides an overview of publications which are relevant to early childhoodeducation, while Table 18 on Page 122 reviews publications which consider initiatives to improvethe educational participation and attainment of Māori students. In addition, Table 20 on Page 144reviews publications relevant to the prevention of stand-downs, suspensions, exclusions andexpulsions, while Table 19 on Page 130 reviews publications which consider strategies to improvestudent’s educational attainment.Table 21. Policy Documents Relevant to the Improvement of School AttendancePublication Relevant to Improving School AttendanceNational Audit Office. 2005. Improving School Attendance in England. London: National Audit Office.http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/0405/improving_school_attendance.aspx?alreadysearchfor=yesThe Department for Education and Skills has overall responsibility for school attendance in England and also setsnational policy and funds local authorities and schools. Reducing total absence and unauthorised absence from schoolare among the Department’s highest priorities. This report examines attendance in state schools in England for childrenof compulsory school age. It examines the factors associated with absence from school, and considers whetherinitiatives undertaken by the Department, local authorities and schools to reduce absence have been successful. In orderto achieve this aim, the authors carried out statistical analysis of school absence in 2002–03, visited 17 schools, andthrough surveys and discussions obtained the views of head teachers, local authority staff, school inspectors andpolicymakers.Note: The above publication was identified using the search methodology outlined in Appendix 1Truancy and Unjustified Absences - 151