Attendance Poster On Classroom Wall

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My poor dd has had some really nasty illnesses so far this term. Her attendance is at 91% . She is worried because of the bloody posters. I've told it doesn't matter on jot for her and that it's all the government anyway.
I hate rewarding kids for attendance. What happens to those poor buggers who get ill? They have done anything wrong yet they won't get rewarded will they?

I don't agree with the highlighting of those with a good reason for absence as, they aren't the ones that need targeting but the doing so is just a symptom.

The cause is the government's pressure on schools regarding attendance, when schools are under pressure to improve attendance they have very limited ways to do that.

no PBerry I have not implied anything.
If you inferred from my use of the word 'inconsiderate' that I meant ' shit teacher' then I suggest that this is your problem, not mine.
I admire anyone who works in a school, I certainly couldn't it.

The phrase you used heavily implied that you thought I was inconsiderate and shouldn't have been drawn to teaching. Summing that up is "shit teacher".

Unless you have worked in a school and tried to tackle attendance, you really don't see how many pupils do take the mick with days off.

The real cases of poor attendance with genuine reasons are few and far between.

" You have implied that I am. "

I have not "implied" anything... I merely used the word 'inconsiderate'.

You were the one to use the term 'shit teacher' not me...

You have implied that I am.

I did post it was school policy in my second post on the thread.

Me going to an SLT meeting is laughable. Along with SLT listening and changing their policy. They have to be seen to be doing something about attendance by ofsted.

The thing is some kids do take time off for a bit of a cold, because they haven't done HW, want to avoid a certain subject, are hungover, stayed up all night on the computer etc. That's not "good".
Going in whenever you can is "good".
Schools are judged on attendance.

It's not just luck though. In the case of xbox /instagram kids attendance is a choice and they are choosing not to. So a reward for those that do attend is a good thing.

In my school anyone over 97% is rewarded which allows for the odd illness.

PBerry at no point have I said you are a shit teacher have I?
If it is your school's policy then I see your hands are tied. but you didnt mention that before.

Schools are judged on attendance tho. So they have to show Ofsted they are doing something.

And at secondary I have known plenty of students whose attendance is poor because of their own actions (ie not coming in).

IME the students who are actually ill with serious conditions have pretty good attendance as they try to get in. Attendance in my form has massively improved (in fact we won the pizza last term and they were really excited about it!) since a student who was never in on the last day of term and frequently had Fridays off, and whose attendance was in the 80s, left the school. I don't think they were ever ill by the way.

This is not a data proctection issue and you will find this practice is standard in most schools, especially if they have a good of ofstead rating. It is part of the teaching contract to discuss attendence and I think you will find your child in year 10 should also have this, however their overworked tutor may not have managed to do this yet. You will also not be aware that this type of graph is a requirement for the investors in pupils award and has been implemented in all classrooms in my school recently.

Brat your comment is really unhelpful and my experience as a teacher over the past 14years have shown that the majority of teachers are considerate and care about there pupils, however you may know better than me. They may not agree with all the policy's but are required to comply with them

Seems bit pointless once you have had a few days off for a bug or cold then you can never catch up. You can just see that you have lost! That would just make me more likely to stay home if I wasn't feeling well.

They also know that Daves mum lets him have a day off each time a new xbox game is out. And that Lizzies dad lets her have Fridays off if she feels like it

Yup. Or in DDs class it was Zoe* who was on Instagram posting selfies at midnight and telling them she'd see them on Monday "Haha to all the loosers (sic) doing maths 2moro"

Being fortunate enough to enjoy good health is different from being good though isn't it Wolfiefan

Frankly it's a miracle getting my son into school at all. He is a school refuser and school are glad that he is coming in at all. They have made alternative arrangements for him to register. if he can't face form time. He can choose to be in the Sen unit rather than be registered with his form.

Thankfully his teachers are sympathetic. They know that there is no easy answers to some very complex issues. I can't see how publicly drawing attention to attendence would help anyone.

So Brat, as a teacher my schools policy is to read out attendance figures.

I go against this and I get disciplined.

BUT in your eyes that's OK? I handle the figures as sensitively as possible. I've already explained that kids know the score anyway. Obviously I'm just a shit teacher though. We can't do right for doing wrong.

So teachers can't praise the good or try and encourage even better?
Bloody glad I'm not a teacher.