Attendance
Why is daily school attendance so important?
- Children who attend school everyday:
- Get better results in their exams both at primary and secondary school
- Behave better at school and at home
- Are more successful throughout their educational journey
- Are more likely to go to college and university
- Hold higher paying jobs
- Children who are absent from school:
- Do not perform up to their ability
- Have greater difficulty getting on with their peers and adults
- Are more likely to drop out of secondary school
- Are more likely to engage in anti-social behaviour and get into drugs and alcohol
- What we would encourage parents to do
- Let your children know how important education is
- Send you child to school every day
- Go on holiday during school holidays
- Make appointments at the end of the school day/ during holidays
- Make sure your child has a good night’s rest
- If your child has a minor ailment – stuffy nose/tummy ache bring them in and we will look after them, very often they raise their game
- Reasons your child should stay at home
- They have a very high temperature
- They are being sick/diarrhoea
- A doctor has advised them to stay
People with high attendance have a much better chance of a good education.
Let’s give all our children every advantage and a bright future.
