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Attendance

 Attendance Matters! 

Our weekly aim - Each class needs to achieve at least 96%.

96% and above is good attendance. Well Done to all of those children who came  to school every day and on time! You are amazing!

 

Attendance This Week 

Week ending 14th March 2025

Whole school attendance this week was 96%, this is 1% higher than last week. Well done everyone, we have reached our school attendance goal - let's see if we can keep this going. Please help the school your child come to school EVERY day.

Well done to 2D. 2W, 3C, 3Z,4A, 4BM, 5T, 5CR, 6R AND 6T who reached our goal of 96% or over. 

 

Can each class achieve our goal of 96%? 

 

Class                      Percentage  Attendance ( Previous week)
RR            90% (88%)  up 2% from last week  yes
RS           91% (88%)  up 3% from last week  yes
1K           95% (95%) the same  yes
1H           97% (95%)  up 2% from last week  yes
2D                98% (98%) the same yes
2W  98% (96%) up 2% from last week  yes
3Z  Well Done Attendance Card Winner!  smiley      99% (98%) up 1% from last week yes
3C                   97% (95%) up 8% from last week  yes
4BM                           95%  (97%) up 2% from last week yes
4A           96% (96%) the same as last weekyes
5T           97% (90%) up 7% from last week  yes
5CR            96% (98%) up 2% from last weekk yes
6R              98% (97%) up 1% from last week  yes
6M            98% ( 91%) up 7% from last week  yes
6T              96% (97%) down 1% from last week yes

Attendance Letter from Birmingham City Council September 2024

Attendance and Punctuality

 

At St Francis Catholic Primary School we place a high priority on attendance and punctuality. The national average is 96% and we aim for all children to at least reach this every year. Parents are reminded to not book holidays during term time to avoid children missing out on important learning. 

 

Attendance during one school year

equals this number of days absent

which is approximately this many weeks absent

which means this number of lessons missed

90%

19 days

4 weeks

100 lessons

80%

38 days

8 weeks`

200 lessons

70%

57 days

11.5 weeks

290 lessons

 

Attendance Incentives

 

At St Francis, we know the importance of children attending as much school as possible so that they can be confident and proficient learners. This is why we have rewards for good attendance. Each week the class who has the best attendance, will receive a star onto the display in the hall. The class that receives the most stars at the end of the half term will receive a prize. 

 

 

Punctuality 

 

It is important that pupils are punctual so that they do not miss the start of the day. Pupils have to be on time to receive an present mark for the session. 

 

If a pupil is repeatedly late, their learning starts to suffer and they are often missing the beginning of the same subject everyday. 

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