Granard Primary School
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Attendance
At Granard Primary School, we continually focus on the importance of attendance and punctuality to ensure that your child has the best possible start in life. Attendance has a direct link to attainment; there is clear evidence that poor attendance has a very negative impact on children’s learning and progress at school. If a child is not in school regularly they are not fully accessing the curriculum and learning opportunities available to them. Children are required to attend school for 190 days each year. There are 175 days for holidays and other activities. We expect attendance rates to be 95% and above.
Attending school every day equates to 100% attendance.
Attendance during 1 year | Days lost | This equates to |
95% attendance | 9 Days | nearly 2 weeks |
90% attendance | 19 days | nearly 4 weeks |
85% attendance | 29 days | nearly 6 week |
80% attendance | 38 days | nearly 8 weeks |
75% attendance | 48 days | nearly 10 weeks |
70% attendance | 57 days | nearly 11.5 weeks |
65% attendance | 67 days | nearly 13.5 weeks |
Attendance
Missing Days Off School
100% | No Days Absence | Excellent! A child can take advantage of all learning opportunities. |
98% | 1 – 4 Days Absence | Very good – this will help all aspects of their progress in school. |
97%-98% | 5 Days Absence = a school week | Satisfactory attendance. A child should reach their full potential. |
93%-96.9% | 8 – 14 Days Absence or more | If a child has more than 8 days absence from school they may fail to make expected progress. |
Below 93% | 15 Days Absence = 3 school weeks | Unacceptable – Children may find there are gaps in their learning and it is difficult to achieve their best. |
Below 90% - Government Guidelines - Classed as Persistent Absentee | 20 Days Absence = 4 school weeks | Unacceptable – Persistent Absentee. A child will find it difficult to catch up on missed learning and will be unlikely to achieve their best.
Below 90% attendance may lead to the involvement of the Local Authority. |
Below 82% | 30 Days Absence = 5 school weeks | Children with this level of attendance are missing the equivalent of a week’s school every half term! This is a serious concern and will be having a negative effect on attainment and progress.
The school will ask the Local Authority to support them to take action against parents/carers to ensure improved attendance. |
It is a legal requirement for parents to ensure children attend school regularly and arrive on time.
We believe that ‘Every Minute Counts! When a child arrives late at school, they miss teacher instructions and lesson time; and their learning begins to suffer. Children also feel embarrassed at having to enter the classroom late. The table below shows how frequent lateness can add up to a considerable amount of learning being lost. This can seriously disadvantage children and disrupt the learning of others. Please help your children to be punctual.
Minutes Late | Learning days lost per year |
5 minutes | 3 days |
10 minutes | 6.5 days |
15 minutes | 10 days |
20 minutes | 13 days |
30 minutes | 19 days |
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5 Minutes Late | 10 Minutes Late | 15 Minutes Late | 20 Minutes Late | 30 Minutes Late |
To reward good Attendance
To encourage and reward good attendance, at the end of each half term a draw will take for all pupils who have achieved 100% during that half term. The draw will take place in the final assembly of each half term and the name drawn will win a £10 Argos voucher.
At the end of the academic year a draw will take place for a bicycle. Every half term the children can earn a silver leaf for 95% attendance or over, or a gold leaf for 100% attendance, to stick onto our ‘Attendance Tree’. Every time children stick a leaf on the tree their name will be entered into the draw. This means if a child’s attendance stays above 95% throughout the year their name will be entered into the draw a total of 6 times and they may be the lucky winner of a brand new bicycle or scooter in the summer term.