1. Scrutiny Report Reducing Persistent Absence

2. What is Persistent Absence? Persistent Absentee – 52 or more sessions missed at the end of half term 4 or 64 or more sessions missed end of half term 5 Equates roughly to 80% attendance Almost 2.25 years of schooling missed <90% attendance - 1 grade drop in external examinations (SATs and/or GCSE) according to government research

3. The Link between Persistent Absence and Educational Standards

4. % of pupils <80% = Persistent Absentee % of pupils <90%= on average, one grade or level lost from FFTD Year 13.5921.12 Year 22.6216.58 Y1 attendance lower in almost every Primary school

5. 2004200520062007 Reading LA 818081 78 Nat. 85 84 Writing LA 787978 75 Nat. 82 81 80 Maths LA 8887 84 Nat. 90 Key Stage 1. (Level 2+)

6. % of pupils <80% = Persistent Absentee % of pupils <90%= on average, one grade or level lost from FFTD Year 13.5921.12 Year 22.6216.58 Year 31.9216.31 Year 42.3716.80 Year 53.0516.38 Year 62.7814.66 Y1 attendance lower in almost every Primary school

7. 2004200520062007 English LA 737574 78 Nat. 78 79 80 Maths LA 727172 76 Nat. 74 76 77 Science LA 858384 86 Nat. 86 87 88 APS Key Stage 2:Level 5 +

8. <80%<90% Year 13.5921.12 Year 22.6216.58 Year 31.9216.31 Year 42.3716.80 Year 53.0516.38 Year 62.7814.66 Year 7 (LA)6.0225.93 Year 8 (LA)8.1028.73 Year 9 (LA)12.3333.24

9. Level 5+ English 2004200520062007 LA58646361 National71747274 Maths LA63657267 National73747776 Science LA54576160 National66707273 Level 6+ English2004200520062007 LA23282718 National34353432 Maths LA39414947 National52535756 Science LA21272931 National343741

10. Absence of potential Level 5+ Pupils for KS3 SAT’s Absent Science Absent Maths Absent English Cohort % absent Science % absent Maths % absent English Sch A 6682682.24 2.99 Sch B 1631320.764.552.27 Sch C 4421922.08 1.04 Sch D 5361523.291.973.95 Sch E 2451501.332.673.33 Sch F 4381882.131.604.26 Total (80) 6% 222632

11. <80%<90% Year 13.5921.12 Year 22.6216.58 Year 31.9216.31 Year 42.3716.80 Year 53.0516.38 Year 62.7814.66 Year 7 (LA)6.0225.93 Year 8 (LA)8.1028.73 Year 9 (LA)12.3333.24 Year 10 (LA)13.2334.72 Year 11 (LA)15.2837.69

12. School< 65% attendance < 75% attendance < 80% attendance <85% attendance (A*-C impact) Acklam Grange 3.25%7.16%11.00%18.17% (7.77%) Hall Garth6.03%13.22%18.68%26.44% (2.27%) Kings Manor 4.29%9.21%14.14%21.47% (2.22%) Ormesby3.45%7.79%13.19%22.06% (2.43%) St David’s1.34%4.96%9.10%16.02% (2.66%) The Newlands 4.64%8.83%13.62%20.66% (8.33%)

13. The Number of Persistent Absentees in Middlesbrough Secondary Schools Three Year Trend Data/ Research Data

14. Persistent Absentees2005/062006/072007/08 Hall Garth164 (22.1%) 116 (16.8%) 80 (13.9%) Kings Manor171 (17.1%) 117 (12.2%) 87 (9.6%) Ormesby(<10%)69 (8.0%) 61 (7.4%) Acklam Grange156 (11.3%) 110 (8.1%) 81 (6.1%) The Newlands140 (21.0%) 72 (10.7%) 50 (7.5%) St David’s110 (12.0%) 79 (8.1%) 77 (8.0%) M’bro Total765 (13.4%) 563 (10.4%) 434 (8.3%)

15. Y7Y8Y9Y10Y11MALEFEMALE Acklam Grange 9161517244239 Hall Garth 571423314139 King’s Manor 16121626174047 Ormesby581018203130 St David’s6121322242552 The Newlands 58141291434 LA Total466382118125193241 Breakdown of PA Pupils by Year Group and Gender

16. PostcodeNumber of pupilsAverage % attendanceNumber of PA’s% PA’s TS1 23289.09721.87 TS1 319288.932814.53 TS1 440686.999022.16 TS1 54886.6918.75 TS2 1884.35225.00 TS3 67486.161621.62 TS3 717888.732815.73 TS3 811789.062017.09 TS3 937290.454211.29 TS3 025492.40155.90 TS4 244289.185913.34 TS4 347388.436413.53 TS5 438988.306516.70 TS5 531493.19123.82 TS5 632792.07237.03 TS5 734293.14226.43 TS5 859093.66213.55 TS6 01691.3116.25 TS7 85993.0646.77 TS7 920091.252110.5 TS7 01495.8517.14 TS8 930789.724013.02 TS8 012291.67108.19 TS175689.20916.07 All539690.4661211.34

17. %Chance 5+A-C v days absent

22. Current Actions

23. Raise the profile of good attendance across the whole town Sustain strategies that have lead to improvement in Secondary Schools Embedd these strategies into Primary community with a target of 90% or higher attendance for almost every pupil, 95% or more for most (based on Sunderland Every Schoolday Counts) Increase the number of agencies promoting good attendance e.g. employers/social partners Achieve the above without schools taking their eye off the standards issue

24. Progress so far

25. Support for Campaign Every Schoolday Matters is a campaign developed in partnership by Middlesbrough Council, Middlesbrough Football Club and The Evening Gazette to raise the profile of good attendance and recognise pupils with excellent or rapidly improving attendance.

26. Support for Campaign Roary the Boro Lion is our attendance mascot at Key Stage 1 (and 2) – lots of assembly visits and incentives to give out to good/improving attendees Annual conference held at MFC Updates provided to Governor’s Forum and at Headteacher Meetings