First it will be collected anonymously so that other schools and the public will not be able to identify your school or child. Absence data will not be shown on a per school basis. It would only be available as part of regional data. Any identifying remarks will be removed by a team of moderators.
The data will be used as part of this national study and the academic paper that will be written as a result. Your school will be credited as a co-author and you will have sight of the paper before it gets submitted for publication. All data will be collected and stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
