Raise Your Attendance,Raise Your Attendance,-Raise Your Chances!-Raise Your Chances!

What does What does ““Good Good attendanceattendance”” mean? mean?

Do you know what your Do you know what your attendance is?attendance is?

Do you know what it means?Do you know what it means?

??

This is Simon. He is in Year 7 This is Simon. He is in Year 7 and has 90% attendance.and has 90% attendance.

Is that good?Is that good?

What does this mean? What does this mean?

Simon thinks this is pretty Simon thinks this is pretty good, so do his parents. Are good, so do his parents. Are

they right?they right?90%90% attendance attendance == ½ day ½ day

missedmissed every week!! every week!!

(Would your boss like you to be off work (Would your boss like you to be off work this much??). That’s practically part time!this much??). That’s practically part time!

MonMon TueTue WedWed ThurThur FriFri

??

Absent half a day every week

Lets looks a little closer…..Lets looks a little closer…..

11 school year school year at at 90%90% attendance = attendance = 44 whole weeks of lessons whole weeks of lessons MISSED!!!MISSED!!!

38 school weeks

Sept Sept July July

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Absent for 4 weeks

90%90% attendance over attendance over 55 years years of secondary school….of secondary school….

== ½½ a school a school year missed!year missed!Sept Sept July July

Y7Y7

Y8Y8

Y9Y9 ½ a year ½ a year absent from absent from

schoolschoolY1Y100

Y1Y111

What impact might this have What impact might this have on Simon’s life……?on Simon’s life……?

Research suggests that Research suggests that 17 missed 17 missed schoolschool daysdays a year a year == GCSE GCSE

grade grade DROPDROP in achievement. in achievement. (DfES)(DfES)

The greater the attendance the The greater the attendance the greater the achievement.greater the achievement.

Secondary School Key Stage 4 Performance

by Average Absence Sessions 2003/4

0

20

40

60

80

100

Less than 15(7.5 days)

15-20 (7.5 to 10 days)

20-25 (10 to 12.5

days)

25-30 (12.5 to 15

days)

30-35 (15 to 17.5

days)

35-40 (17.5 to 20

days)

Over 40 (20+ days)

Average No. of Sessions Absence per Pupil 2003/4

% 5 or more grades A-C (Level 2 threshold)

% achieving any qualification

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What could Simon’s potential What could Simon’s potential earnings look like?earnings look like?

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no qualifications no qualifications

£7.44 per £7.44 per hourhour..

GCSE’s GCSE’s

£9.02 £9.02 per per hour.hour.

A levels A levels

£10.25 £10.25 per per hourhour

Graduate Graduate degree degree

£15.01 £15.01 per hourper hour

What do you want ?What do you want ?

So So 90%90% is is notnot as good as it as good as it first seemed.first seemed.

Attend and Achieve!Attend and Achieve!

If a YOU can If a YOU can improveimprove attendance by attendance by 1%,1%, they will see a they will see a 5-6%5-6% improvement in improvement in attainment.attainment. (Department for (Department for

Education and Skills)Education and Skills)