Principal Educational Psychologist
Islington Council's Principal Educational Psychologist previously contributed to strategies addressing emotional-based school non-attendance and improving overall school attendance.
In December 2025, Islington Council began rolling out a new protocol to address emotional-based school non-attendance (EBSNA), which aimed to help schools understand and tackle reasons for absence. The Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee heard about this new protocol, where Dr. Jill Sasseni, Principal Educational Psychologist, explained the terminology used. This approach focused on the function of non-attendance.
This protocol was part of Islington's broader Attendance Strategy for schools, which aimed to improve school attendance by 1% by Summer Term 2025. As part of these efforts, Islington hosted a borough-wide Attendance Summit at the Emirates Stadium in May 2025. The Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee discussed these strategies in December 2025.
Key facts
- Islington Council began rolling out a new protocol to tackle emotional-based school non-attendance (EBSNA) in December 2025. Source
- Dr. Jill Sasseni, Principal Educational Psychologist, explained terminology for the new EBSNA protocol in December 2025. Source
- The Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee heard about the new protocol on 30 December 2025. Source 1 Source 2
- Islington hosted a borough-wide Attendance Summit at the Emirates Stadium in May 2025. Source
- The Attendance Strategy for Islington schools aimed to improve attendance by 1% by Summer Term 2025. Source
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