Brixham College is committed to providing a full educational experience to all students.
Students need to attend the College regularly if they are to take full advantage of the educational opportunities offered to them. Irregular attendance undermines the educational process and can lead to educational disadvantage. There is evidence that truancy places children at risk and can result in students being drawn into anti-social or criminal behaviour.
A few word of wisdom:
90% attendance = half a day missed EVERY WEEK
90% attendance over one year = 4 MISSED WEEKS
90% attendance over 5 years = HALF A SCHOOL YEAR MISSED
Department of Education research has identified a clear link between poor attendance at school and academic achievement, of pupils who miss more that 50% of school ONLY 3% manage to achieve 5 or more GCSE’s A* – C
Whereas, 77% of pupils who have over 95% attendance achieve five or more GCSE’s at Grade 9 – 5
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/