What was your average attendance at school?

I don't think I missed any school. If I ever was unwell I'd be sent to school, then go to the sick bay if I was too rough to sit in class. It wasn't such a big deal then, there'd usually be a small gathering of kids puking into buckets lined with paper towels, and others with damp paper towels applied to their foreheads

IIRC I got 100% attendance 3 years out of 5 at secondary school. Missed out the other two years due to breaking an ankle (2 days off) and having an ear op (a week off). I had a couple of days off in sixth form due to a sick bug but that was it. My parents were big believers in 'You'll feel better when you get to school' and generally I did. Bit irresponsible if I'd been ill and given it to others though!

My kids are rarely off sick from school. They've been lucky, that's all. Then in December they both had a couple of weeks off with ear infections, tonsillitis and flu like illness, so their attendance looks crap for last term now.

i had really good attendance until year 10, and then i skived a lot and my attendance dropped to around 60%. i’d either skive without my parent’s knowledge - me and my boyfriend would ring each other’s schools pretending to be each other’s mum/dad and say we wouldn’t be in - or i’d go to the medical room and be sent home. i fell pregnant at the end of year 10 so i then pretty much home schooled myself through year 11 and just went into school once a week to review my work and pick up more. still ended up with the best gcse results in the year 😂

God knows because they didn’t monitor it in those days but it would have been pretty bad. I hated school, had a very ill dad who often needed looking after, I started bunking off from about age 14.
Still managed to get into Nursing and had a great career.

Rarely had a day off, although I can remember faking being ill to get sent home from a difficult maths test .

Cant remember, it was years ago.
We were never off. My mum had 6 of us she was probably glad to get some peace and quiet.
My mum would have sent us to school, with an arm hanging off😀😀

I didn’t do a full week in my last two years of high school. I’d register, then go on the beach by myself. I hated that school.

I did go to college when DS1 was a toddler, so I managed A levels that way.

I’ve worked in schools now for 15 years, and love it!

I was ill through a lot of secondary school and my attendance was probably about 60 to 65% for several years. I wish school had been more supportive instead of writing me off as lazy and assuming that I wasn't there because I couldn't be bothered.

In never skived, but I was very unwell in what used to be called 2nd and third years, and 4th year was full of extended strikes. I’d be surprised if attendance was above about 70% tbh.

Quite a few official days off and days spent bunking off where you’d get someone to say “here” for you during registration or just leave after registration.

The 80’s were great.

Probably sick (in bed sick) for around three weeks most years and at secondary level also had random days off to babysit younger siblings when they were ill so my parents could work. No one commented in the bad old days and there was no effect on my grades. Truancy was a big deal but I didn't have the impression that overall attendance was rewarded.

I never had a day off school

No achievement, just lucky with health!

Can't remember that far back, but I have been working in a school for the last 14 years and I know the answer to that one. It's 14 years not out!

35+ years ago so no idea, but we would never be allowed off unless really ill and we were all lucky enough to be reasonably healthy in my family, so I guess it was pretty high. Why are you asking?

I have no idea, not getting sick or not having hospital appointments is not an achievement. My kids know this and value awards of hard work and achievement not for being lucky enough to not be ill.

We had our main family holiday in term time each year and I had quite a bit of time off unwell. It was probably about 80% i