Presentation given at the BETT show in 2009 as part of the Capita exhibition offering.

1. SPROWSTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
PUTTING ATTENDANCE UNDER THE
SPOTLIGHT
JAMES WRIGHT – HEAD OF ICT SUPPORT
SERVICES
STUART LEE – DATA MANAGER

2. Some facts about us
1750+ students
 KS3 and KS4 single site
 KS5 split site shared with 2 other
schools
 Students from both city and rural
locations
 Differing levels of parental
engagement and attitudes


3. Some key statistics
05 / 06
06 / 07
07 / 08
Absence %
9.2
9.61
6.9
GCSE A* - C %
42
55
60

4. HOW DID WE CHANGE...

5. FROM THIS...

6. TO THIS...

7. Key challenges and outcomes
Technical – understand the issues
 Organisational – identify support
needs
 Procedural – support recording of
accurate data


8. Technical

Desktops in every classroom
 Replacement
of laptops
 Faster logon times

SIMS improvements
 Easier

lesson mark recording
First Day Calling
 Schoolcomms
for parental contact

9. Organisational
Appointment of a dedicated
Attendance Officer
 Member of SMT responsible for
attendance
 Behaviour Support Assistants
responsible for truancy checks


10. Procedural
Identify – persistent absence in line
with school policy
 Follow up – regular communication
home highlighting absence
 Review – For those students
monitored, did we make a positive
change to their attendance


11. But how things have changed..
Assessment
Behaviour
Attendance
G&T
Achievement
SEN

12. WHAT NEXT?

13. TRNGFAbbot
SIMS LEARNING
GATEWAY

14. FURTHER INFORMATION
WWW.SIMS.CO.UK/BETT
WWW.SCHOOLCOMMS.COM
JAMES WRIGHT –
WRIGHTJ@SPROWSTONHIGH.ORG
STUART LEE –
LEES@SPROWSTONHIGH.ORG
THANKS FOR LISTENING