Overview

The Preschool Attendance Boosting Project will build the evidence base on preschool attendance boosting activities and comprises 2 key components;

• a research project that will result in actionable recommendations on effective strategies to improve attendance,
• a grants program for services to deliver evidence-based attendance boosting activities.

Information about the researcher, the University of Wollongong, is available (refer to Section 3.4 in the Preschool Attendance Boosting Project program guidelines).

Preschool Attendance Boosting Project grant

The department is delivering the Preschool Attendance Boosting Project grant in 2025 to support participating ECEC services to deliver up to 2 attendance boosting activities.

Data will be collected from each activity to inform the research project.