11-15 th march 2012. some facts to get you thinking about how importance attendance at school really...
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Attendance Week
11-15th March 2012
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Some facts to get you thinking about how importance attendance at school really is.
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Think 90% attendance is fine?
That’s half a day off school every week!
Over the school year, 90% attendance equates to 4 whole weeks off school.
Over your 5 years in secondary school, 90% attendance means that you have missed HALF A SCHOOL YEAR!!
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Lates
Arriving 5 minutes late every day adds up to over 3 days lost each year
Arriving 15 minutes late every day is the same as being absent for 2 weeks a year
Arriving 30 minutes late every day is the same as being absent for 19 days a year
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GRADES = £ IN THE FUTURE. Did you know….
If you have no qualifications, and you are able to get a job, you are likely to earn £7.44 per hour
If you have GCSEs you can earn around £9.03 per hour
If you have A levels you can boost that to around £10.25 per hour
If you have a degree you can be earning upwards of £15.01 per hour
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ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT STATISTICS:
93% Attendance (or better) gives you a 73% chance of achieving 5 GCSEs, grades A-C, whatever your ability
Below 90% Attendance will give you a 27% chance of achieving 5 GCSEs, grades A-C, whatever your ability
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SECONDARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BY YEAR 11
90% = 20 weeks missed = 1 ½ terms missed 80% = 40 weeks missed = 1 year missed 70% = 60 weeks missed = 1 ½ years missed 60% = 80 weeks missed = 2 years missed
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If a school can improve attendance by 1%, they will see a 5-6% improvement in attainment (DfE statistic)
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100% attendance.
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