The importance of coming to school  

Coming to school every day is very important for your child. 

Research has shown that children with poor attendance: 

• Find it harder to make and keep friends 
• Are less likely to gain good qualifications 
• Earn lower wages 
• Have a higher chance of being unemployed 
• Have low self-esteem 

Children who miss school miss lessons. These lessons are not repeated, so children will have gaps in their learning. Additionally, often each day’s lessons build upon those of the previous day – if a child misses a lesson they can miss the foundation to subsequent lessons. Children could begin to struggle and achieve less. 

Attendance is related to achievement:  

The better the attendance,

the better the achievement.  

If your child is away from school for more than 9 days a year, they will not have ‘Good’ attendance. They will have missed 45 lessons! 

This means your child can only miss one day every half-term to get good attendance.