1. Improving Attendance at Filton Avenue
Together on a Journey Towards Success
What does good attendance mean?
Improving Attendance at Filton Avenue

2. Do you know what your child's attendance is?
Do you know what it means?
Do you know how it can affect their potential academic outcomes?

3. This is Simon. He is in Year 4 and has 90% attendance.
Is that good?
What does this mean?

4. 90% attendance = ½ day missed every week!!
90 % attendance, is it good?
90% attendance = ½ day missed every week!!
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thur
Fri ?
Absent half a day every week

5. 1 school year at 90% attendance = 4 whole weeks of lessons missed!!!
Every day matters
1 school year at 90% attendance = 4 whole weeks of lessons missed!!!
Sept July ?
38 school weeks
Absent for 4 weeks
90% attendance over 5 years of primary school = ½ a school year missed

6. The greater the attendance the greater the achievement.
What impact might this have on Simon’s life?
Research suggests that 17 missed school days a year = a significant risk of underperforming at school
The greater the attendance the greater the achievement.

7. Attendance at Filton Avenue Primary School

8. I So 90% is not as good as it first seemed. What can do as a parent to
Attendance
So 90% is not as good as it first seemed.
What can do as a parent to
increase my child's
attendance? I

9. Find out regularly your child's absence.
Ways for parents to encourage excellent attendance
It is parental/carer responsibility to ensure their child is at school on time every day.
Find out regularly your child's absence.
Talk regularly with your child about school and how they feel about it. They’re more likely to attend if they feel supported and anxieties listened to.
Be positive!
Be on time.

10. Only grant days at home for genuine illness.
Ways for parents to encourage excellent attendance
Phone us as soon as possible to tell us why your child is absent, and when you expect them to return. Know the school routine for alerting us to absence.
Only grant days at home for genuine illness.
Avoid taking holidays in school time.
Know routines of the school day to avoid issues, e.g. have they got their PE kit?

11. Attend and Achieve!
If a school can improve attendance by 1%, they will see a 5-6% improvement in attainment. (Department for Education and Skills)
Please help us and your child by ensuring their attendance remains above 97%, allowing them to achieve their potential.

12. Termly certificates for pupils in the Green Band
Rewards
Stickers
Termly certificates for pupils in the Green Band
Praise in assemblies and on display
Class with the highest attendance has extra weekly playtime
End of term book raffles
Explain some of these rewards haven’t started yet. Ask parents if there are rewards they feel would work in getting their children into school

13. Procedures Requesting absence Illness Attendance follow up
Letter 1 – Letter highlighting attendance
Letter 2 – Meeting with an Assistant Head Teacher
Letter 3 – Meeting with Head of School
Letter 4 – Penalty Notice
Letter 5 – (potential) Court Order
Must be requested 3 weeks before
Each absence will be considered on an individual basis
Absence will not be authorised for just a holiday
Discuss how parent/carers can support us with illness (if the child has temperature/thrown up) don’t send them in other wise to encourage children to come in. After 5 sessions unwell school may ask for a doctor’s note

14. Attendance
Every Lesson Counts….