Attendance at the Academy

Attendance levels at the Academy remained high at the halfway point of Term Two. Overall attendance averaged at 92.95%, over 4.5% higher than at the same stage last year. However, while this is a commendable rise, there is still more work to do to reach the target of 95%.

Persistent Absence

The Persistent Absence (PA) level has dropped dramatically, but remains above the Government target of 5% or lower. At the end of Term One 150 students had an attendance Level of 80% or lower. This equates to 8.3% of the Academy’s students.

Although the PA rate has halved compared to the same period last year, it still means that 150 students miss an average of a day‘s schooling each week. For each day’s absence they fall further behind with their academic progress.

The aim is to offer all students the opportunity of a good education before they leave in Year 11. By working closely with students and their parents or guardians, the Academy is committed to reducing the PA rate to under 5%.

Lates

Late arrivals are at a very high level, and it is something the Academy is determined to reduce. Arriving late doesn’t just mean that a student is missing valuable lesson time. It also disrupts the lesson and affects teaching and learning for others.

For that reason, students arriving late will face lunchtime detention. Failure to attend will lead to detention after school.

Attendance Certificates

No fewer than 590 students achieved 100% attendance during Term One. This is over 190 more than at the same stage last year.

These students won Bronze Attendance Certificates in recognition of their real commitment to both attendance and attainment. As the half-way stage of Term Two approached, 500 students still had perfect attendance record since the start of the academic year.

At that point 1,157 students had 100% records for Term Two. With those figures to go on, there is a genuine prospect of many more Bronze and Silver Certificates at the end of this term.