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Attendance Week. 11-15 th March 2012. Some facts to get you thinking about how importance attendance at school really is. 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.
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Attendance Week 11-15th March 2012
Some facts to get you thinking about how importance attendance at school really is.
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!!
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
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
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
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
If a school can improve attendance by 1%, they will see a 5-6% improvement in attainment (DfE statistic)