Francis Bacon Maths & Computing College

Attendance

It is Francis Bacon Maths & Computing College’s policy to maintain a good attendance, which presently stands at 95.1% across the school.  Whilst some absences, such as for illness, are quite unavoidable, we find that students with a full attendance are more confident and more successful in their studies.

The following routines are part of our response to the need to monitor attendance:

• Parents must inform school immediately a student is absent. 
• Parents of any student who is absent with no explanation will be contacted.
• Continued and frequent absences with no satisfactory explanation, will be referred to the Education Welfare Officer.
• Only the Headteacher can authorise absence from school.
• Random attendance checks will be operated during the day, to deter unauthorised absences from lessons.
• Detention will operate on a weekly basis for students involved in unauthorised absences.
• Rewards will be given for good attendance and where a marked improvement in attendance is achieved.

We would ask you to think twice before taking children out of school for holidays within term time.  It is appreciated that occasionally this is unavoidable, but research constantly tells us that children who miss days at school can be disadvantage

Authorised/Unauthorised Absences – School Year 2008/2009

Number on Roll (Years 7-11) =
Percentage of half days missed due to:

*Hertfordshire and National figures from 2007/08