Attendance Incentives
As an individual:
• Class Dojo points for 100% attendance each week
• 100% Attendance stickers
• Termly certificates for 100% attendance
As a class:
• Letters awarded daily for 100% to spell out ‘ATTENDANCE’ for a class treat.
• Classopoly prizes weekly for 96%+ attendance
• Attendance trophy and Attendance Ted
• ½ termly Pizza Party
Punctuality Incentives
• Early Bird Maths stickers for completing daily questions by 9am.
• Early Bird Maths prizes for completing sticker bookmark
• Weekly Punctuality Prize Day raffles
Attendance Matters
Attend school daily
Be on time
Excellent – children are accessing all learning opportunities
Good – Very Few learning opportunities are missed.
Risk of Under achievement
Up to 10 school days absent in an academic year
High Risk of Under achievement
Up to 19 school days absent in an academic year
Extreme Risk of Under achievement
Upwards of 22 school days absent in an academic year
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Attendance Stepped Approach
• Warm Welcome
• Class Dojos and stickers awarded to individuals with 100% weekly attendance.
• KS2 attendance trophy and KS1 Attendance Ted awarded for highest weekly attendance.
• Class attendance display updated weekly.
• Letter added to class display daily for 100%.
• Classopoly dice roll for 96+% attendance.
• Termly 100% attendance certificates.
• 100% attendance certificate award at the end of the academic year.
• Maintain open dialogue with families. Log any attendance concerns on CPOMs.
• Offer motivation to any key families or pupils whose attendance starts to dip and add notes to CPOMs
At Risk of Under Achievement
Rewards as above where relevant
• Letter 1 - attendance has dropped below 96%
• Outreach phonecall regarding attendance dipping below 96%. Explore barriers and offer support.
• Proof of illness may be required to authorise further absence.
• Review attendance daily.
• Letter 2a - At 95-93% at risk letter
• Meeting with Class teacher and Outreach
• Class teacher/Outreach/Pupil/Family develop attendance plan – review in 3 weeks.
• Home visit
High Risk of Under Achievement Rewards as above where relevant
• Letter 2b – Attendance below 93% at risk letter
• Attendance Panel – Outreach & Head teacher
• Headteacher/Outreach/Pupil/Family develop Risk of PA plan.
• Home visits
• Letter 3 – At 90% Intent to fast track letter to local authority
• Referral to School Nurse & Local Authority Attendance team Under
Persistently Absent – Extreme Risk of Underachievement
• Headteacher/family/Outreach/local authority attendance officer develop plan to address absence
• 3 week monitoring of plan
• Attendance panel
• Attendance officer home visit
• Formalising support.
• Legal action
