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Attendance

It is a statutory requirement for all schools to attain attendance levels set by the Government. St Mary’s Fields Primary School's attendance target this year is 96%. However the aim is for all individual pupils to have 100% attendance.

 

If a child’s attendance falls below 91% they will be deemed a Persistent Absentee. St Mary’s monitors absence of all children that fall below 96%. Lateness affects children’s attendance levels. If a child does become a ‘persistent absentee’, the school and the Local Authority have a legal duty to act to support parents to improve attendance. The school’s Education Welfare Officer also monitors attendance levels and regular meetings are held with parents where attendance is a concern.

 

St Mary’s Primary School bands its pupils attendance as below:

100% - outstanding

98.01% - 99.9% (with no unauthorised absence) excellent

96.01% - 98% (with no unauthorised absence) good

90.01% - 96% concerns or requires improvement

90% and under - persistent absentee

 

In line with government legislation that came in to force from 1st September 2013, we at St Mary’s Fields Primary School will NOT authorise any term time absence, unless in exceptional circumstances. If you feel your situation exceptional, then you will need to make an appointment to see the Mrs Nott, the Head Teacher.

 

If your child has unauthorised leave of absence you my either be issued with a penalty notice of £120 per parent per child (discounted to £60 if paid within 21 days), or, your case could be referred by the local authority directly to the magistrates court.

 

If an appointment needs to be within school hours we will need to see proof of the appointment card and we will expect the child to attend school before or after the appointment if possible. Please bring the appointment card with you when you collect or return your child to school and show the office staff.

 

The school has a link education welfare officer, Sadie Cadney, who also monitors pupil absence.

 

Each day your child is absent from school, is a day of their education they are missing out on.

 

LATENESS FACTS

Frequent lateness can add up to a considerable amount of learning lost and can obviously disadvantage your child.

If you are this many minutes late every day

You will lose this many days of learning a year

ATTENDANCE FACTS

Attendance for academic year August 2022- July 2023

 

25/08/2022 to 06/07/2023

Years 1-6

 

Group

% Authorised Absences

% Unauthorised Absences

Possible sessions

% Attendance

1MG

6.8

2.6

10003

90.5

1CA

7.6

2.6

10515

89.8

2RF

4.5

1.8

10550

93.6

2OH

3.5

3.5

10832

92.9

3LH

3.9

1.4

10425

94.7

3CD

3.3

2.0

10564

94.7

4DS

4.6

2.0

10766

93.4

4CK

2.7

3.6

10496

93.8

5HB

3.6

2.0

10204

94.4

5RM

2.2

3.3

10388

94.6

6DS

2.8

2.0

9678

95.2

6AW

3.0

4.1

9570

92.9

Totals

4.0

2.6

123991

93.4

 

Early Years Attendance 2022-23 

25/08/2022 to 06/07/2023

 

Group

%Authorised Absences

% Unauthorised Absences

Possible Sessions 

% Attend

Year F0 (Nursery)

6.7

1.3

314

92

Year F1

(Nursery)

10.6

1.9

6695

87.5

Year F2

(Reception)

9.8

3.0

19440

87.2

Totals

10.0

2.7

26449

87.4

 

 

 

We previously used to publish class termly attendance percentage prior to the pandemic. COVID has obviously impacted school attendance everywhere.

 

The school's  attendance levels in January 2022 were at 94.2% which is in line with the Local Authority attendance levels which are also 94.2%. Currently (27/05/2022) our attendance is 94.5%

 

Whilst we are cautious as COVID is still impacting the attendance of our pupils, we are beginning again to publish our attendance figures. (see below)

 

Attendance for compulsory school age pupils

Autumn Term 2021

23/08/2021 to 24/12/2021

Number of Sessions

 

Group

Authorised Absences

Unauthorised Absences

Possible

% Attend

Totals

2046

793

51941

94.5

 

 

Autumn 2021 and Spring 2022 Terms combined

Period: 23/08/2021 to 08/04/2022

Percentage of Sessions

 

Group

Authorised Absences

Unauthorised Absences

Possible

% Attend

Totals

4.2

1.5

100.0

94.3

 

 

Spring Term 1 2022

03/01/2022 to 11/02/2022

Number of Sessions

 

 
   

Group

Authorised Absences

Unauthorised Absences

Possible

% Attend

Totals

1086

279

19614

93.0

 

 

 

Spring Term 2

Period: 21/02/2022 to 08/04/2022

Percentage of Sessions

 

Group

Presents

AEA

Authorised Absences

Unauthorised Absences

Possible

% Attend

Totals

94.2

0.5

3.7

1.5

100.0

94.7

 

 

 

Summer Term  1

Period: 25/04/2022 to 27/05/2022

Percentage of Sessions

 

 

Group

Presents

AEA

Authorised Absences

Unauthorised Absences

Possible

% Attend

Totals

92.9

2.6

2.7

1.8

100.0

95.4

 

 

Autumn 1  2022 School Attendance for compulsory school age children

 

Period: 25/08/2022 to 14/10/2022

 

Group

Presents

AEA

Authorised Absences

Unauthorised Absences

Possible

% Attend

Totals

21643

16

572

317

22548

96.1

 

 
Autumn 2 Term 2022

Period: 24/10/2022 to 16/12/2022

 

Group

Presents

AEA

Authorised Absences

Unauthorised Absences

Possible

% Attend

Totals

24702

345

1458

625

27130

92.3

 

 

 

Our current attendance percentage for 2021/22 is  94.3% (25/03/2022)

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