Persistent Absentee’s & Pupil Premium Students
Running Total
at end of two
terms 2013/14
(end of Spring
term)
Total Number
of students in
the Year
Group
Number of PP
students in
the Year
Group
% of Year Group
that are PP
Number of
Persistent
Absentee Pupils in
Year Group
Number of PP
students that are
also PA’s
% figure of all
PA’s in the PP
group
% Gap
between PP
and NPP
Year 7
220
86
39.0%
14 pupils
11
78.5%
+57
Year 8
213
90
42.2%
21 pupils
11
52.3%
+4.6
Year 9
243
94
38.6%
26 pupils
17
65.3%
+30.6
Year 10
269
111
41.2%
39 pupils
25
64.1%
+28.2
Year 11
277
105
37.9%
47 pupils
26
55.3%
+10.6
TOTAL
1222
486
39.77%
152 pupils
90 pupils
59.2%
+18.4
Pupil Premium Overall Attendance:
Overall Attendance Non Pupil Premium:
Gap:
May 2012/13 90.8%
May 2012/13 94%
-3.2%
May 2013/14 91.5% +0.7%
May 2013/14 94.4 +0.4%
-2.9%
Gap narrowed from 2012/13 to 2013/14 by
0.3%
Things to do next half term:
Rewards for improvement in attendance like cakes or pizza with the Year team.
Focus on Year 9 with rewards and attention on PP PA’s.
Victoria Rogers and Lisa Jones
2nd June 2014
Persistent Absentee’s & Pupil Premium Students
Whole School
Year 11
Year 10
Year 9
Year 8
Year 7
Target set for Spring Term
2014
91.0
90.5
90.6
91.5
92.8
93.0
Attendance % Spring Term
2014
91.1
87.1
91.2
90.8
93.6
93.7
Attendance % Spring Term
2013
90.6
90.0
90.4
91.3
92.6
Attendance % Spring Term
2012
90.6
90.5
89.9
90.2
Highlights:
Year 8 has done exceptionally well in improving PP attendance despite having the highest percentage of Pupil Premium students in their year group. Things
they have done which have worked:
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Constant monitoring of PA
Ringing home
Tutors informed Year team of PP student who were away via email.
Regular conversations between the Year team and those students who are persistent absentees.
HOY present during absentee meetings alongside L Jones heightened communication and student awareness.
Year 10 have done well. They have the second largest percentage of Pupil Premium and PA’s within that group yet they have still improved their
attendance. Year 7 has the highest proportion of PA students within the Pupil Premium group but is still beating targets set.
Year 9 Is the next target group to improve attendance through a concerted effort from the Year team and attendance teams.
Year 11 has been least successful but is the second largest group in the school with 105 students. The 26 Persistent Absentees who are also Pupil Premium
were written to in the Spring Term offering a minibus service and a free breakfast to get them into school. All parents in this group were sent a letter, there
was no uptake.
Victoria Rogers and Lisa Jones
2nd June 2014