Service Description: This Service is responsible for fulfilling statutory responsibilities of the Local Authority in respect of school enrolment, attendance, exclusions and juvenile employment. The Education Welfare Officers can be contacted on 814370 or Duty Mobile Number 07976 009494 or [email protected]
Also known as:- Attendance, Bullying, Chaperone, Child Employment, Employing Children under 16, Exclusions, Performance Licences, Truancy
Answer: - Children only get one chance at school. - Good attendance means they have a good chance of keeping up with their work. - 80% or 90% sounds good for an exam result in terms of attendance it is poor. - At KS2 even a 94% attendance would need a whole term to catch up with missed lessons. - During KS3 a 90% attendance will take an extra 12 weeks to catch up. - There is a direct link between attendance and success at GCSEs. - Setting good attendance patterns from an early age will also help your child later on. - Employers want to recruit people who are reliable. So children who have a poor school attendance record may have less chance of getting jobs. Research has shown that some young people who regularly miss school for no good reason may be drawn into anti social behaviour or crime.