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<p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has no role in
assessing the adequacy of student attendance rates in further education (FE) colleges.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government’s school and college inspection body, Ofsted, in their judgement
on a college’s outcome from learners may comment on low attendance and punctuality
as an area for improvement and will look at how a college’s achievement gaps are narrowing
between different groups of learners.</p><p> </p><p>Where Ofsted rate a college inadequate,
BIS will take intervention action.</p><p> </p>
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