Post on 30-Dec-2015
School Attendance
Bethan T JamesMay 2013
All Wales Data- Secondary
2009/10 2010/11 2011/1290.4
90.6
90.8
91.0
91.2
91.4
91.6
91.8
92.0
92.2
92.4
91.1
91.0
91.4
91.1
91.4
92.1
CarmarthenshireWales
Regional Comparison- Secondary
2009/10 2010/11 2011/1289.0
89.5
90.0
90.5
91.0
91.5
92.0
92.5
93.0
93.5
94.0
91.7
92.5
93.7
90.7
91.3
92.6
91.191.0
91.4
91.1
91.4
92.1
CeredigionPembrokeshireCarmarthenshireWales
All Wales Data- Primary
2009/10 2010/11 2011/1292.4
92.6
92.8
93.0
93.2
93.4
93.6
93.8
94.0
92.9
93.1
93.7
93.1
93.3
93.8
CarmarthenshireWales
Regional Comparison- Primary
2009/10 2010/11 2011/1291.5
92.0
92.5
93.0
93.5
94.0
94.5
95.0
95.5
94.494.3
94.9
92.7
93.2
93.9
92.9
93.1
93.7
93.1
93.3
93.8CeredigionPembrokeshireCarmarthenshireWales
Attainment comparison of Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion
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100
200
300
400
500
600
69.5
502.6
36.574.3 68.4 48.777.6
470
54.5 81.7 76.7 52
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Not eligible for FSM
Free School Meals and Attendance 2010/11Source: PLASC Data 2012
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Primary Schools Secondary Schools
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FSM pupils attendance and attainment
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Eligible for FSM
Not eligible for FSM
Free School Meals and Average Attainments 2010/11
Source: PLASC Data 2012
Wales
Ag
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80
70
60
50
40
30
20
90
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Ag
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4-15
Ag
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4-15
Carm
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Wales
% of pupils attending less than 80% of the time (= 1,400 pupils)
2009 2010 2011 20120.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
9.6
8.89.3
8.68.9
8.58.1
6.8
3.84.2
3.32.9
3.43.7
3.3
2.6
SecondaryWales SecondaryPrimaryWales Primary
What can we do?
• Have a whole authority approach.• Engage with parents when pupils are absent.• Whole school approaches are best practice.• Monitor data weekly, monthly and termly.• Utilise the Pupil Deprivation Grant.• Remodel the Education Welfare Service to
provide more intensive support for pupils attending less than 80% of the time.
New Education Welfare Service
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2
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3 x Senior Practitioner: Schools
4 x Social Worker: Schools
8 x Family Engagement workers
Significant Welfare Concerns
High Welfare Concerns
Non- attendance issues