Attendance

Our Key Aims

To ensure that students attend school unless prevented by illness
To reduce absence from lessons
To improve punctuality to lessons

The importance of good attendance

Statistics show that good attendance leads to good attainment. Students with attendance below 90% are likely to underachieve against their target levels/grades by the end of each year. National statistics suggest that students who have low attendance are less likely to be successful when they leave The Ladder School, based on the number of qualifications they achieve.

Attendance Targets

Each student should aim for 100% attendance, but we would expect each student to achieve at least 95% attendance each year.

Persistent Absence

From September 2015, the Department for Education has changed the threshold for categorising Persistent Absences, reducing it from fifteen percent to ten percent absence of any kind. Any student who has attendance below 90% is categorised as a persistent absentee. The Ladder School has an obligation to intervene when a student’s attendance falls below this threshold. This may include a referral to the Local Authority to peruse a Fixed Penalty Notice after work has been done to support parents/carers to enable their child to attend. Parents/Carers will be alerted when attendance falls below 95% so we can work together to ensure good attendance.

Contact Details

In the first instance, parents should contact the Admin Support Team on;