Attendance

Attendance Team

Mrs. Jacques

Mrs. Tindall

Mrs. Desai 

Attendance 

At St. James' Primary School, we know the impact regular attendance has on your child’s learning and well-being; and that having good attendance is directly linked to raising achievement and develops skills for life and work. We have many initiatives to celebrate and support attendance in school and ask that parents/careers support the school in this by ensuring that your child attends school every day and on time at 8.45am. 

What is Persistent Absence?

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​Persistent Absence is classed as any absence that equates to over 10% of the academic year at any given time.

It is important to remember that 90% on a test is seen as a positive achievement however in attendance terms anything less than 90% is a serious concern.  The reason for this is shown below in the number of days missed by persistently absent students.

With the support of St James', school tracks and monitors our persistently absent students closely offering support and strategies to improve individuals attendance. 

90% Attendance

They will, on average:

• Miss ½ of a day per week
• Miss 20 days in a school year
• 20 days means 40 sessions (approximately 100 lessons)
• That’s 4 weeks!

Interesting Facts about Attendance 

• If you miss one week of school a year, by the time you are in Year 11 that is 2 full terms of education!
• A child who is absent a day of school per week misses an equivalent of two years of their school life.
• Students who miss between 10% of school (that’s 20 days per year) stand only a 35% chance of achieving five or more good GCSEs, compared to 73% of those who miss fewer than 5% of school days.
• Approximately 76 million children across the globe do not have access to education. School is a gift - Use it.