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WQ.433/2023
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR CHILDREN AND EDUCATION
BY DEPUTY R.S. KOVACS OF ST. SAVIOUR
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 30th OCTOBER 2023
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 6th NOVEMBER 2023
Question
“With regard to authorised absences of pupils from school for each Key Stage, will the Minister state for each year from 2018 to date –
- the number of authorised absences;
- the number of absent days;
- the number of absent days as a percentage of the school days during the year; and
- how many absences were due to illness, or other reasons, including details of the reasons if known?”
Answer
Basis of preparation:
- The attendance data in this report represents authorised absence and the data has been exported from SIMS on 24/07/2023.
- All compulsory school age pupils from all Government schools in Jersey have been grouped in the following key stages as follows:
Foundation: Reception (Year 0);
KS1: Year 1 and Year 2;
KS2: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6;
KS3: Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9; and
KS4: Year 10 and Year 11.
The attendance data between 23/03/2020 and 31/07/2020 has been excluded for reporting purposes as this represents the period the schools were closed due to Covid lockdown in academic year 2019/2020. The recording of the absence data during that period is inconsistent.
The attendance for one day table includes 2 sessions: the morning sessions (AM) and the afternoon session (PM). The days lost do not represent full days, but the total number of sessions (AM and PM) divided by 2.
- Number of authorised absences per session
- number of absent days
- the number of absent days as a percentage of the school days during the year
- how many absences were due to illness, or other reasons, including details of the reasons if known? Attendance codes:
In addition to the attendance codes above, we have included the category “Other”. The “Other” category for authorised absence includes codes S, R, E and M, which have been grouped together to avoid disclosing identifiable data, as they represent numbers lower than 5 on different key stages.
Absence data are presented in the following pages.
