HomeSchool Communications

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Home-School Communications
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Student Remote Access
All programs used in school available
All documents and files
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Schoolcomms
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Registration
Known absences

• 7.1
• 7.2

• Andrews
• Brown

Absence coded
Unexplained absences
Explained absences
Text message
Email
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Paperless Communication
Standard Letter X1050
Newsletter X5250
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Timescale

• This service will start in November
• Hard copies will be sent to all parents without a
  registered email address
• Please ensure that the College has your email
  address if you have one

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Working both ways
General issues/concerns Form tutor in the first
instance
More serious matters Head of Learning
Individual subjects Head of Faculty or the
teacher
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Working both ways
www.bottishamvc.org/curric
Teachers name_at_bottishamvillage.cambs.sch.uk
ctooley_at_bottishamvillage.cambs.sch.uk
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Raising Attendance,Raising Chances!

• What does Good attendance mean?

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What do you consider a persistent absence to
be?Who?What figure?
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Persistent AbsenceWhat does it mean?

• A student whose attendance is on or below 80.
• This equates to roughly 51 sessions for the 2
  terms.
• Another way of putting it is 1 full day a week

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• Do you know what your son or daughters
  attendance is?
• Do you know what it means?
• ?

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This is Simon. He has 90 attendance.

• Is that good?
• What does this mean?

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Simon thinks this is pretty good, so do his
parents. Are they right?

• 90 attendance ½ day missed every week!!
• (Would your boss like you to be off work this
  much??). Thats practically part time!

Absent half a day every week
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Lets look a little closer..

• 1 school year at 90 attendance 4 whole weeks
  of lessons MISSED!!!

38 school weeks
Absent for 4 weeks
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90 attendance over 5 years of secondary school.

• ½ a school year missed!

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What impact might this have on Simons life?

• Research suggests that 17 missed school days a
  year GCSE grade DROP in achievement. (DfES)
• The greater the attendance the greater the
  achievement.

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15-y-o achieving
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KS3 Level 5 2007
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What could Simons potential earnings look like?
Graduate degree 15.01 per hour

• A levels 10.25 per hour

GCSEs 9.02 per hour.
no qualifications 7.44 per hour.
Potential Earnings average per hour
Qualifications
What do you want for your son / daughter?
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So 90 is not as good as it first seemed.

• What can you do to increase the attendance of
  your son or daughter?

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Attend and Achieve!

• If a school can improve attendance by 1, they
  will see a 5-6 improvement in attainment.
  (Department for Education and Skills)
• All students should aim for attendance above
  95, allowing them to achieve their potential.

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High Performing School Status

• Second Specialism

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High Performing School Status
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Second Specialism
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Thank you for coming

• Please feel free to come and speak to us at the
  end of this meeting
• A date for your diaries
• 17th November 4.30-6.30pm - Surgery