Attendance
Mrs Neal is our attendance lead and Miss Critchley is our attendance officer. They will be helping families with attendance issues and will complete home visits and phone calls.
If you child is going to be absent from school, please ensure that you call the school office to explain why before 9.00am and ring to inform the school each day of the absence . Thank you for your support.
How does attendance and punctuality actually affect my child’s learning?
Punctuality
|
Daily lateness |
Equates to… |
|
Just 5 minutes late |
3 days lost per school year |
|
10 minutes late |
6.5 days lost per school year |
|
15 minutes late |
10 days lost per school year (2 weeks) |
|
20 minutes late |
13 days lost per school year |
|
25 minutes late |
16 days lost per school year (more than 3 weeks) |
|
30 minutes late |
19 days lost per school year (nearly 4 weeks) |
Attendance
|
Attendance percentage at… |
Equates to absence per week/ fortnight |
Equates to absence per year |
Absence from the school year/s over a 5year period |
|
95% |
Half a day per fortnight |
2 weeks |
Quarter of a year |
|
90% |
A day per week |
4 weeks |
Half of a year |
|
85% |
1.5 days per fortnight |
6 weeks |
Three quarters of a year |
|
80% |
1 day per week |
8 weeks |
One year |
|
75% |
2.5 days per fortnight |
10 weeks |
One and a quarter year |
|
70% |
1.5 days per week |
12 weeks |
One and a half years |
|
65% |
3.5 days per fortnight |
14 weeks |
One and three quarters of a year |
|
60% |
2 days per week |
16 weeks |
Two years |
|
55% |
4.5 days per fortnight |
18 weeks |
Two and a quarter years |
|
50% |
2.5 days per week |
20 weeks |
Two and a half years |
Although not yet relevant to your child’s learning journey just yet, research from the governors’ Unit into how attendance affects attainment in accordance with GCSE results is as follows:
|
Percentage attendance within a year |
How pupils actually perform |
|
Over 96% attendance |
2 grades or above predicted targets |
|
85-92% |
3 grades below targets |
|
80-85% |
4 grades below targets |
|
70-80% |
6 grades below targets |
|
60-70% |
8 grades below targets |
|
0-50% |
9 grades below targets |
However, Primary School is where children embed the basics of learning that will act as a foundation for all new learning to be built upon, including their social skills.