Behaviour and attendance: The positive impact of a pilot scheme on the punctuality of a Year 8 cohort

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  • 1 Behaviour and attendance: The positive impact of a pilot scheme on the punctuality of a Year 8 cohort
  • 2 Intervention
  • 3 Outcomes
  • Date: Jan 2005
  • Programme: Behaviour and Attendance (B&A)
  • Focus: The positive impact of a pilot scheme on the punctuality of a Year 8 cohort
  • Number in series: 16
  • School name: Whitley Abbey
  • Phase: Secondary
  • Key stage: Key Stage 3
  • Local authority: Coventry
  • Free school meals (FSM): 20.7%

School profile

Number of pupils: 792

English as an additional language (EAL): 6.7%

Special educational needs (SEN): 17.6%

Key factors that motivated the intervention

  • Attendance data showed over 50% of Year 8 pupils were late at least once every fortnight.
  • A weekly average of 8.4% of Year 8 pupils late in one term was significantly higher than any other year group.
  • Head of Year 8 concerned about the lack of consistency and impact of the interventions used by Year 8 form tutors.

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