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School Attendance Strategies: Results of a Queensland Survey

This survey conducted in April 2016 highlights the importance of school attendance and presents the strategies used by Queensland state school leaders to improve and maintain attendance rates.

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School Attendance Strategies: Results of a Queensland Survey

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  1. School attendance strategies: Results of a survey of Queensland state school leaders April 2016

  2. What was the survey about? • In April/May 2015, 287 Queenslandstate schools were invited to participate in a survey on school attendance strategies • Response rate was 157 (= 55%) • The survey included questions from a 2012 Queensland Audit Office school attendance survey to show trends over time

  3. Why is school attendance important? • Attendance is a key measure of students’ learning engagement • Research confirms a strong positive link between school attendance and student outcomes • On any given day, nine per cent of Queensland’s state school students are absent from school • Low attendance can lead to poor academic results and lower lifetime income

  4. Results summary • A wide variety of attendance strategies, procedures and approaches are used by school leaders • Most strategies are perceived as having a slight to moderate impact • Primary and secondary school leaders sometimes deploy different strategies • Schools with higher attendance rates more frequently perceive their strategies as having a greater impact • Schools with lower attendance rates typically report having attempted a greater number of strategies • Compared to 2012, a greater percentage of school leaders said they regularly: • generate reports on patterns and trends of attendance • analyse their data to identify absenteeism patterns and trends • consistently follow up on unexplained absences

  5. Results summary Perceived main causes of non-attendance for students with a history of poor attendance

  6. Results summary Strategies to communicate expectations around attendance

  7. Results summary Strategies to improve and maintain attendance

  8. Results summary Strategies for intervention and support for students with lower attendance

  9. Conclusion The department has an ongoing programto promote attendance: • School Improvement Unit reviews of schools incorporate a headline indicator on attendance rates • The department’s Annual Report includes information about student attendance levels • Every Day Counts web resources are being enhanced to target parents of primary school students and those starting secondary school • A sample evaluation plan and template have been developed by the department to support schools to evaluate their attendance strategies

  10. Further information Every Day Counts: http://education.qld.gov.au/everydaycounts/

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