Helping young people improve attendance and reconnect with school.
Attend Mentors provides one-to-one school attendance mentoring and family support, helping young people overcome barriers to education, rebuild confidence and improve attendance. We work alongside schools, students and families to understand the reasons behind absence, build trust and create practical routes back to consistent attendance.
Every absence has a reason. Our job is to help uncover it.
Attend Mentors supports young people whose attendance is being affected by barriers that cannot always be solved through sanctions or attendance letters alone.
Persistent absence
Supporting young people whose attendance has fallen and who need consistent, trusted support to re-engage.
School avoidance
Understanding what is making school feel difficult and building realistic steps towards returning.
Low confidence & belonging
Helping young people rebuild confidence, connection and a stronger sense that they belong in education.
Transitions & change
Providing additional support when changes at school or home begin to affect attendance and engagement.
Disengagement
Reconnecting young people with their goals, aspirations and reasons for attending school.
Wider barriers
Working alongside families and schools when challenges outside the classroom are affecting attendance.
Concerned about a young person's attendance?
Whether you're a school, local authority or parent, start a conversation with Attend Mentors about how we can help.
Start a conversation →Attendance is a symptom. We look for the story behind it.
Every absence has a context. Our mentors create space for young people to be heard, identify barriers and work on realistic next steps.
Listen first
We build trust and understand the young person's experience before deciding what support is needed.
Build the plan
Mentors help students turn challenges into manageable actions, routines and achievable attendance goals.
Stay connected
We work with schools and families to maintain communication, celebrate progress and respond when things change.
School attendance mentoring that works alongside your team.
Attend Mentors provides additional capacity for schools that want a relationship-led response to persistent and emerging attendance concerns.
Understand priority students and the barriers affecting attendance.
Deliver consistent one-to-one sessions focused on trust, belonging and problem-solving.
Keep communication open with parents and carers.
Share progress and identify what needs to happen next.
Support for your child to reconnect with school.
We work directly with young people and their families to understand the barriers affecting school attendance. Through consistent one-to-one mentoring, practical support and trusted relationships, we help young people rebuild confidence, establish routines and reconnect with their education.
One-to-one mentoring
Regular, trusted conversations focused on understanding barriers and finding a practical way forward.
Practical strategies
Simple routines and tools that can make mornings, preparation and returning to school more manageable.
Belonging & confidence
Helping young people feel seen, supported and connected to their education and future.
Small changes can create significant progress.
Some students in the Attend Mentors school pilot improved their attendance by 8–15% after joining the programme.
Attendance improvement achieved by some students in the pilot.
Personalised mentoring focused on individual needs.
Supporting communication between young people, families and schools.
“One person checking in with me every week makes it easier to come in.”
Student participating in Attend Mentors school-based mentoring.
“The programme is clearly having a positive effect for a number of individual students, particularly in terms of engagement, confidence and, in several cases, improved attendance.”
Gary Moore
Headteacher, Regent High School
More than attendance monitoring.
We work alongside schools and families to understand what is driving absence and help young people make realistic progress towards better attendance.
Consistent mentoring
A trusted adult providing regular one-to-one support and encouragement.
Understanding the barrier
Looking beyond the attendance percentage to understand what is preventing a young person from attending.
Family partnership
Working alongside parents and carers to create consistent support around the young person.
Practical action
Turning conversations into realistic steps towards improved engagement and attendance.
Clear progress updates
Helping schools understand what is changing, what remains a barrier and what support may be needed next.
Ready to make attendance a relationship issue, not just a numbers issue?
Let's talk about what could work for your school, organisation or family.
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Attend Mentors
Attendance mentoring · Family engagement · Educator training · Workshops