Raise Your Childs Attendance, -Raise their Chances!

Raise Your daughtersAttendance,-Raise their Chances!Raise Your daughtersAttendance,-Raise their Chances!

What does “Good attendance”mean?What does “Good attendance”mean?

Do you know what your daughter'sattendance is?Do you know what your daughter'sattendance is?

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

This is Simone. She is in Year 11and has 90% attendance.This is Simone. She is in Year 11and has 90% attendance.

Is that good?Is that good?

What does this mean?What does this mean?

Simone thinks this is pretty good,so do her parents. Are they right?Simone thinks this is pretty good,so do her parents. Are they right?

90% attendance = ½ day missedevery week!!90% attendance = ½ day missedevery week!!

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

1 school year at 90% attendance = 4 wholeweeks of lessons MISSED!!!1 school year at 90% attendance = 4 wholeweeks of lessons MISSED!!!

38 school weeks

Sept JulySept July

Absent for 4 weeks

90% attendance over 5 years ofsecondary school….90% attendance over 5 years ofsecondary school….

= ½ a school year missed!= ½ a school year missed!

Sept JulySept July

Y7Y7

Y8Y8

Y9Y9

½ a year absentfrom school½ a year absentfrom school

Y10Y10

Y11Y11

What impact might this have onSimone’s life……?What impact might this have onSimone’s life……?

Research suggests that 17 missedschool days a year = GCSE gradeDROP in achievement. (DfES)Research suggests that 17 missedschool days a year = GCSE gradeDROP in achievement. (DfES)

The greater the attendance the greater theachievement.The greater the attendance the greater theachievement.

Secondary School Key Stage 4Performance

by Average Absence Sessions

100

Less than 15

(7.5 days)

15-20

(7.5 to 10 days)

20-25

(10 to 12.5days)

25-30

(12.5 to 15days)

30-35

(15 to 17.5days)

35-40

(17.5 to 20days)

Over 40

(20+ days)

Average No. of Sessions Absence per Pupil

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

% achieving any qualification

% 15-y-o achieving

So 90% is not as good as it firstseemed.So 90% is not as good as it firstseemed.

What can do as a parent toincrease my daughter'sattendance?What can do as a parent toincrease my daughter'sattendance?

Ways for parents to encourageattendance:Ways for parents to encourageattendance:

1.Find out regularly your daughter'sabsence. (Ask for half days if easier)and check this matches with your ownrecord.1.Find out regularly your daughter'sabsence. (Ask for half days if easier)and check this matches with your ownrecord.

2.Talk regularly with your daughter aboutschool and how they feel about it. Morelikely to attend if they feel supported andanxieties listened to.2.Talk regularly with your daughter aboutschool and how they feel about it. Morelikely to attend if they feel supported andanxieties listened to.

Ways for parents to encourageattendance:Ways for parents to encourageattendance:

3.Phone us as soon as possible to tell uswhy your daughter is absent, and whenyou expect them to return. Putting theschool number in your phone can saveyou time. Know the school routine foralerting you to absence.3.Phone us as soon as possible to tell uswhy your daughter is absent, and whenyou expect them to return. Putting theschool number in your phone can saveyou time. Know the school routine foralerting you to absence.

4.Only grant days at home for genuineillness. (you will know!!)4.Only grant days at home for genuineillness. (you will know!!)

5.Do not take holidays in school time.5.Do not take holidays in school time.

Ways for parents to encourageattendance:Ways for parents to encourageattendance:

6.Know routines of the school day to avoidissues, e.g. have they got their PE kit?6.Know routines of the school day to avoidissues, e.g. have they got their PE kit?

7.If you have concerns ring us – we will checkattendance and be discreet.7.If you have concerns ring us – we will checkattendance and be discreet.

8.PRAISE AND REWARD GOODATTENDANCE: even small successes, e.g.going in promptly, even when first lesson istheir worst!8.PRAISE AND REWARD GOODATTENDANCE: even small successes, e.g.going in promptly, even when first lesson istheir worst!

Other tips to help secure goodattendance:Other tips to help secure goodattendance:

1.If there is a problem with your daughter’sattendance, talk calmly to your daughter andlisten to the explanation. There is always anexplanation. It may not impress you, but itcounted enough with your daughter to makethem truant. Pursuing the reason for nonattendance is important.1.If there is a problem with your daughter’sattendance, talk calmly to your daughter andlisten to the explanation. There is always anexplanation. It may not impress you, but itcounted enough with your daughter to makethem truant. Pursuing the reason for nonattendance is important.

2.Talk to us to resolve issues. We maybe ableto help and support you and your daughter.You are not alone.2.Talk to us to resolve issues. We maybe ableto help and support you and your daughter.You are not alone.

Other tips to help secure goodattendance:Other tips to help secure goodattendance:

3.Be particularly watchful and supportive in therun up to tests and aware of courseworkdeadlines.3.Be particularly watchful and supportive in therun up to tests and aware of courseworkdeadlines.

4.Check planner regularly for gaps as well ascompleted activities.4.Check planner regularly for gaps as well ascompleted activities.

5.Help them catch up with missed work,missed day doesn’t mean missed work.5.Help them catch up with missed work,missed day doesn’t mean missed work.

6.Remember PRAISE for good attendance.6.Remember PRAISE for good attendance.

Attend and Achieve!Attend and Achieve!

If a school can improve attendance by1%, they will see a 5-6% improvementin attainment. (Department for Education and Skills)If a school can improve attendance by1%, they will see a 5-6% improvementin attainment. (Department for Education and Skills)

Please help us and your daughter byensuring their attendance remains above95%, allowing them to achieve theirpotential.Please help us and your daughter byensuring their attendance remains above95%, allowing them to achieve theirpotential.