--- title: "The Inclusion Blind Spot: What Attendance and Behaviour Data Isn’t Telling You" description: Join this free on-demand webinar with Gill Press and Viv Trask-Hall to explore what attendance and behaviour data might not reveal, and learn how to identify hidden barriers to participation and strengthen your inclusion strategy. image: https://web.thriveapproach.com/hubfs/The%20Inclusion%20Blind%20Spot%20Webinar.png --- [![Thrive SEG Logo White (1)](https://web.thriveapproach.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Thrive/NEW%20Thrive%20Brand/LOGOS/Thrive%20SEG%20Logo%20White%20(1).png?width=400&height=91&name=Thrive%20SEG%20Logo%20White%20(1).png "Thrive SEG Logo White (1)")](https://www.thriveapproach.com/) ON-DEMAND WEBINAR # The Inclusion Blind Spot: What Attendance and Behaviour Data Isn't Telling You Being in school is only part of the picture. A pupil may attend regularly and rarely appear in behaviour records, but still find it difficult to join in, ask for help or access learning. How do we understand their experience - and use it to inform our inclusion priorities?  In this 45-minute webinar, we’ll explore how school and trust leaders can bring together attendance and behaviour information, staff observations and the experiences of pupils and families to understand where participation is difficult and what could help.  We’ll draw on Thrive’s understanding of social and emotional development to look at the difference everyday routines, relationships and adult responses can make. We’ll consider moments across the school day: starting a difficult task, moving between lessons or finding a place in the playground.  We'll also explore how some pupils can remain largely invisible in school data through coping strategies such as masking, avoidance or people-pleasing. While attendance and behaviour information are important, they don't always reveal the barriers experienced by pupils who fly under the radar. We'll consider how leaders can identify these quieter signs and ensure they are reflected in their inclusion priorities.  The focus will be on what leaders can take back to their teams: choosing an area to look at more closely, agreeing a practical change and checking whether it helps.  We’ll also show how [Thrive’s Inclusion Strategy Planning Tool](https://web.thriveapproach.com/thrive-inclusive-mainstream-fund-strategy-planning-tool?hsLang=en) can help you capture what you’ve learned and turn it into planned action. The tool is available in primary, secondary, early years and post-16 settings versions.  Attendees will leave with: - Questions to help your team explore what attendance and behaviour records might not show. - A way to look more closely at one pupil group or part of the school day, using existing information alongside pupil, family and staff perspectives. - Greater confidence in identifying less visible barriers to participation, including pupils whose difficulties may be hidden behind compliance, masking or avoidance. - Practical pointers for deciding what to change, what support staff will need and how to tell whether it’s helping. - Access to Thrive’s planning tool to support the development of your inclusion strategy. Who it’s for: Headteachers, senior school leaders and trust leaders responsible for inclusion, education or pupil wellbeing.  ## Meet the speakers ![Viv Trask-Hall Headshot (5)](https://web.thriveapproach.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Viv%20Trask-Hall%20Headshot%20(5).png?width=200&height=200&name=Viv%20Trask-Hall%20Headshot%20(5).png "Viv Trask-Hall Headshot (5)") ### Viv Trask-Hall B.Ed(Hons), DFIFIP, NPQH Head of Theory and Practice, Thrive Viv Trask-Hall is Head of Theory and Practice at Thrive and has dedicated more than 30 years to improving outcomes for children and young people through education. Alongside her role at Thrive, she is a Director within a multi-academy trust with responsibility for safeguarding, wellbeing and personal development. Having held senior leadership roles including Executive Headteacher, Headteacher and SENDCo, as well as working as a Thrive Licensed Practitioner and Thrive Trainer, Viv combines extensive practical experience with a passion for evidence-informed practice. She also contributes to government advisory work, national initiatives and international professional forums, helping to inform thinking on education, child development, wellbeing and policy. ![Gill Press, Thrive Trainer](https://web.thriveapproach.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Gill%20Press%2c%20Thrive%20Trainer.png?width=200&height=200&name=Gill%20Press%2c%20Thrive%20Trainer.png "Gill Press, Thrive Trainer") ### Gill Press Thrive Trainer & Executive Coach Supervisor Gill Press is a Thrive Trainer with more than 20 years’ experience in safeguarding, pastoral leadership and wellbeing across mainstream, independent and alternative provision settings. A former Deputy Head Pastoral, Head of AP and Designated Safeguarding Lead, Gill brings a wealth of practical experience to her training, helping practitioners understand children and young people through a relational, developmentally informed and trauma-responsive lens. Gill believes that psychological safety and trusted relationships are fundamental to helping children and young people develop, learn and thrive. She is passionate about supporting practitioners to look beyond behaviour, respond with curiosity and compassion, and create environments where children feel safe, understood, connected and valued. 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