Attendance & Punctuality

Attendance Matters!

• The link between attendance and achievement is well documented– 10% of regularly absent students achieve

Distinction or Merit grades compared with 38% of occasionally absent students and 58% of present

– 21% of regularly absent students do not achieve, compared to 3% of present students

Attendance Matters!

The potential effects of irregular attendance are:

– Get behind with work– Lose the thread of the topics being taught– Become demotivated– Lose friendships– Miss out on important careers and guidance

inputs– Miss out on extra curricular opportunities – Are less likely to feel involved

Jane Smith

Jane’s attendance is always around 90%.

She thinks this is pretty good.

•90% attendance means that she is absent from one lesson per week

•Last year she missed the equivalent of three weeks of teaching which equates to one brief or assignment

Attendance %

• What’s yours?

My Attendance is…

• Excellent 100%

• Good 90-99%

• Acceptable 80-89%

• Poor 70-79%

• Very Poor 60-69%

Poor Attendance Affects

Me– Miss important, key, interesting information– Miss important, key instructions– Worry, stress, concern, anxiety– Spend more time catching up– Understand assignments– Become disinterested, bored, resulting in poor

behaviour– Miss out on activities, opportunities, fun!

Poor Attendance Affects

My Peers•Kept waiting•Become annoyed, irritated •Bored by repetition•Disrupted by late arrival and repetition•Let down if in group or team work•Fewer people to work with•Different group dynamics, inconsistency

Poor Attendance Affects

My Tutors•Have to repeat instructions•Loose the thread or flow of the session•Become irritated, disrupted, annoyed•Have to spend time challenging learner lateness and following procedures•Distracts from core learning of the session•May have to make changes to session plans inc. group work

Poor Attendance Affects

My College

•Poor OFSTED reports

•Poor Teacher Observation

•Poor reputation

•Time taken calling learners, printing reports, sending letters, meeting with parents, meetings between staff

Ways to Improve Attendance

• Set off earlier• Catch an earlier bus, train -

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• Do not rely on others or accept lifts, if they make you late

• Wear a watch, set your clock 5 mins fast so you always arrive early

• Set your alarm 30 mins earlier, keep it away from your bed, have several different alarms inc. lights, radio, traditional

Ways to Improve Attendance

• Ask someone to call you, wake you, remind you• Ensure that you are prepared to leave on time,

pack bag the night before, make lunch, clean up• Don’t mess about watching TV, playing computer

games, texting, playing with the dog, chatting to your friends, trying on lots of outfits, styling hair etc.

• You are only sick if you CANNOT get out of bed and/or need medical attention. If you can go shopping or to a friends house, you are well enough to attend college

Acceptable Reasons for Being Late

• Serious or Severe Transport Delays – These would be reported on the news and affect everyone on that route

• Accidents – Do happen (occasionally)• Faulty Alarm, Overslept (once)• Car Breakdown (once)• Family Emergency (rarely)• Sickness (rarely)

Un-Acceptable Reasons for Being Late

• Doctors/Dentist Appointment – Should be made outside class time

• Went out last night – Hung-over – Be responsible• Got lost – Been here over a year• Missed or late Bus, Train, Lift – They always are!!!• Friends or Family – Prioritise yourself• Coffee, Breakfast, Food – Get up earlier, Get on break• Sickness – Every Monday Morning!!! Unlikely• Lost track of time – Refer to your watch…• Couldn’t be bothered to get up or Uninterested• Clothes or Hair not right – Get up earlier, Be prepared

Being Late

Makes you appear:– Disorganised– Disrespectful– Unreliable– Uncaring– UNEMPLOYABLE

Is this how you want to appear???

Percentage Attendance Weekly

90% = 1 session, ⅓ day

80% = 2 sessions, ⅔ day

70% = 3 sessions, 1 day

60% = 4 sessions, 1 ⅓ days

Percentage Attendance Termly/Yearly

90% = 1.2 wks = 3.7 wks80% = 2.4 wks = 7.4 wks70% = 4.8 wks = 14.8 wks, 1 term60% = 9.6 wks = 29.6 wks, 2 terms

3 terms per year, 12 weeks per term37 weeks per year

High Attendance =

• More learning opportunities• More qualifications• More choice

IT’S YOUR CHOICE!

• Minimum attendance target is 87%

• 100% is expected

The Manchester College

• It is the personal tutors responsibility to monitor A&P

• The parent of the learner must inform the college if they are going to be absent/late

• All appointments to be made outside college time and if not evidence of appointments must be produced

TMC Process

• Lateness should be challenged without disruption to the lesson

• Learners should be questioned at an appropriate time to determine the reason for lateness

TMC Process

1st absence

1.Tutor to inform Reception and PT

2.Reception to phone student

3.Reception to respond via email

TMC Process

No improvement

1.Reception to send letter home

2.PT monitor and action level 1 of disciplinary procedure

3.Monitor for 2 weeks

TMC Process

No improvement/Continued absence1.Follow disciplinary procedure level 22.Reception to send 2nd Letter3.Written warning

Still no improvement1.Reception to send 3rd Letter2.Parents Invited in

TMC Process

• Students are to complete and sign late book

Learner Late Book