IT's IN THE NATIONAL NEWS - school ATTENDANCE MATTERS29 February 2024 (by admin) |
You will of course notice that the NATIONAL NEWS today mentions SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. Every national news channel focuses on SCHOOL ATTENDANCE across the board in PRIMARY and SECONDARY school establishments.
We of course say it EVERY SCHOOL WEEK.
A GOOD SCHOOL attendance equals OPPORTUNITIES for LIFE!
It's not just about academic progress, it's about personal development in multi-intelligences. It's about interpersonal and intrapersonal development, social skills, emotional and physical development. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE MATTERS ACROSS THE BOARD!
GOOD HABITS start at a young age. This of course includes a good SCHOOL ATTENDANCE and parents doing their very best to get their child into school.
IMPORTANT - To give you a general overall picture of St. Bernard's current statistics...
95% is our whole school attendance from September 2023 to last week.
94.6% is the national for all primary school establishments from Sept 2023 to last week
91.3% is the national for all secondary school establishments from Sept 2023 to last week
Interesting to note also, BIRMINGHAM LOCAL AUTHORITY stats:
94% is the B'ham Authority primary school establishment data - Sept 2023 to last week
91.8% is the B'ham Authority secondary school establishment data - Sept 2023 to last week
YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REALLY MATTERS!
It is about working in partnership with us.
Yes, we understand there will be times of 'genuine pupil illness' (this can impact on your child's attendance - of course it does). we have a school nurse who can help you, talk to you, and signpost you accordingly.
You MUST inform us if your child is off school (or going to be off school). Contact the main school office please.
We keep on pushing the ATTENDANCE agenda because it is not just about today, tomorrow, or next week, it is about OPPORTUNITIES for LIFE!