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Pupil Premium Attendance Data

The regular attendance of all pupils is a high priority at St. Mary's C.E. Middle School and we regularly monitor attendance to ensure it meets the minimum standard required by the government. The attendance of all pupils eligible to receive pupil premium funding is show below. It is the continuing aim of the school to ensure that the attendance of all groups of pupils is above the 95% threshold set as the minimum standard (as deemed by the DfE for schools deemed secondary schools).

Below is the most current data which shows the attendance of selected groups of pupils from September 2023 to January 2024.

  Pupil Premium Whole School Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8
Whole Cohort Yes 91.7% 90.5% 94.2% 85.6% 91.2%
Boys Yes 91.3% 92.0% 95.1% 81.5% 87.2%
Girls Yes 92.0% 88.9% 93.7% 88.4% 96.8%
Whole Cohort No 95.1% 96.2% 95.1% 94.0% 94.6%
Boys No 94.8% 96.4% 94.9% 92.5% 95.4%
Girls No 95.5% 96.0% 95.5% 95.0% 93.8%

Below is historical data showing the attendance of selected groups of pupils for the last three academic years.

    2022/23 2021/22 2020/21 2019/20 2019/2018 2018/17
Whole Cohort Pupil Premium Only         92.4% 92.7%
Whole Cohort School All Pupils 93.5% 91.8% 95.3% 94.0% 95.6% 95.2%
Whole Cohort National All Pupils            

Strategies relating to attendance monitoring and improvement action plans can be found on the attendance page.