Absences

“Attendance is good” (Ofsted)

The school prides itself on creating a positive and caring environment and our attendance figures support this. In the academic year 2014-15 our unauthorised absence was 0.46% and our authorised absence was 3.62%.

The Wavell School expects all students to attend daily. Student learning and progress is adversely affected by absence and therefore we follow up any non-attendance.  Studies suggest that students whose attendance is below 90% achieve results that are a grade or more lower than students of equal ability with good attendance records.

Where it is a prolonged period of absence due to ill health or injury, we will liaise closely with parents to provide an appropriate amount of work for each individual to help them not to fall too far behind. We also work closely with the Education Inclusions Service to support students whose absence for medical reasons is sustained over some time.