REWARDING STUDENTS' PUNCTUALITY

Rewarding Students' Punctuality

Rewarding Students' Punctuality

Establishing that good attendance is a rudimentary pre-requisite of raising accomplishment was centered to the aim of the project. The DFEE suggest a clear link between the two in their strategy document ETackling Truancy Together. They state that, improvements in standards of education at school can be achieved only if children are attending regularly.” 

Le Riche similarly felt that good attendance is essential to youngsters receiving the education to which they are Eentitled, whilst taking this further in questioning the validity of much absence. She argues, regular attendance at school is essential if students are to receive the education to which they are entitled, that absence is frequently avoidable and that much can be achieved by staff attitudes towards it.” Whilst the connection between good attendance at school and achievement of potential may appear obvious, it was clear from the range of publications accessible on advancing attendance that poor attendance was not attributable to any one factor. Reid confirmed the complex nature of the issue, saying of poor attendance, There is no single cause˜if there was, finding a solution would be easy” 

It is this that makes the introduction of the appropriate assesses to advance attendance so crucial. Hallam and Roaf take this further. They were clear that not only are there a wide range of factors which sway attendance, but furthermore that the diverse environment of schools has to be taken into account when tackling the topic of attendance. Their findings led them to propose that,Each school has its own characteristic pattern of attendance which is dependant on the nature of the school community and the school itself. To advance attendance schools must understand their living pattern of attendance and the cause for it.”  For any school seeking to advance attendance this had ...