Putting attendance under the spotlight using SIMS - BETT 2009

SPROWSTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

PUTTING ATTENDANCE UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT

JAMES WRIGHT – HEAD OF ICT SUPPORT SERVICES

STUART LEE – DATA MANAGER

Some facts about us

1750+ students KS3 and KS4 single site KS5 split site shared with 2 other

schools Students from both city and rural

locations Differing levels of parental

engagement and attitudes

Some key statistics

05 / 06 06 / 07 07 / 08

Absence % 9.2 9.61 6.9

GCSE A* - C % 42 55 60

HOW DID WE CHANGE...

FROM THIS...

TO THIS...

Key challenges and outcomes

Technical – understand the issues

Organisational – identify support needs

Procedural – support recording of accurate data

Technical

Desktops in every classroom Replacement of laptops Faster logon times

SIMS improvements Easier lesson mark recording

First Day Calling Schoolcomms for parental contact

Organisational

Appointment of a dedicated Attendance Officer

Member of SMT responsible for attendance

Behaviour Support Assistants responsible for truancy checks

Procedural

Identify – persistent absence in line with school policy

Follow up – regular communication home highlighting absence

Review – For those students monitored, did we make a positive change to their attendance

But how things have changed..

Attendance

SENAchievement

Behaviour

Assessment

G&T

WHAT NEXT?

SIMS LEARNING GATEWAY

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FURTHER INFORMATIONWWW.SIMS.CO.UK/BETTWWW.SCHOOLCOMMS.COM

JAMES WRIGHT – [email protected] LEE –[email protected]

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