Attendance – St. Benedict's School

What is your Child Missing?

At St Benedict’s we believe in supporting our students and working with their families to ensure they can attend school, be successful, and develop healthy social skills along the way. Research shows that regular attendance is a key factor in whether students reach their full potential in education.

Regular school attendance is linked to;

Gaining better qualifications

Maintaining strong friendships

Developing good habits

Keeping children safe

Increasing student’s opportunities when they leave school.

Therefore, we wish to work with parents and carers collaboratively and seek your support so that our students have the best opportunity for success, not just at school but in the wider world.

We are pragmatic and although we would love 100% of students in school 100% of the time, we realise that there are genuine reasons for absence such as illness which can prevent this. Therefore, at St Benedict’s our target attendance figure for students is 95% and ALL students should aim to be above this.

Attendance Groups

Band 1: No Concern Green Group	The child attends for 97% – 100% of the time.
Band 2: Concern Yellow Group	The child attends for 95% – 96.9% of the time.
Band 3: Risk of Underachievement Amber Group	The child attends for 93% – 94.9% of the time.
Band 4: Severe Risk of Underachievement Pink Group	The child attends for 90% – 92.9% of the time.
Band 5: Extreme Risk of Underachievement Red Group	The child attends for 0% – 89.9% of the time.