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If she will list the total number of truancies in days per year for each of the last three years for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Sheffield.

Asked by

Irvine Patnick (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

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For answer on

16 December 1996

Answered on

16 December 1996

Sir Irvine Patnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the total number of truancies in days per year for each of the last three years for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Sheffield; and if she will make a statement. [8919] Mr. Forth: Regular school attendance is important for pupils' progress, but the data collected for the performance tables now published each autumn show that significant amounts of valuable learning time are lost due to unauthorised absence. Rates of unauthorised absence at maintained schools in Sheffield for the last three years were about twice the national average, as follows: Unauthorised absence in maintained primary schools _________________________________________________________________________________________________. percentage of half days missed average number of half days missed per absent pupil School year Sheffield LEA England average Sheffield LEA England average 1993-94 1.0 0.5 13 11 1994-95 1.1 0.5 14 10 1995-96 1.2 0.5 13 10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: DfEE National Pupil Absence Tables 1994, 1995 and 1996. Unauthorised absence in maintained secondary schools _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of half days missed Average number of half days missed per absent pupil School Year Sheffield LEA England average Sheffield LEA England average 1993-94 1.9 0.9 30 22 1994-95 1.9 1.0 29 22 1995-96 2.3 1.0 29 21 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: DfEE National Pupil Absence Tables 1994, 1995 and 1996.

Date

16 December 1996

Reference

8919; 287 c420-1W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

What studies her Department has made in conjunction with the National Council for Educational Technology of the possible benefits to secondary schools of electronic registration schemes; what is her Department's policy on evaluating the potential of information technology as a means for monitoring pupil attendance; what estimate she has made...

Asked by

Bridget Prentice (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 November 1996

Reference

286 c170W; 5868;5869;5871

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

What assessment he has made of truancy rates at GM schools relative to those at other schools. - Includes table.

Asked by

John Marshall (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

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Written questions

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Answered

For answer on

14 November 1996

Answered on

14 November 1996

Mr. John Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment he has made of truancy rates at grant-maintained schools relative to those at other schools. [3888] Mr. Forth: Rates of unauthorised absence at different categories of schools in the 1994-95 school year are set out in the following table. As in previous years, rates of unauthorised absence were significantly lower at grant-maintained schools. Data for the 1995-96 school year will be published shortly. Unauthorised absence by type of school in England in the 1994-95 school year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Type of school Percentage of half days missed Average number of half days missed per absent pupil Maintained primary schools{1} County and voluntary controlled 0.5 11 Voluntary aided and special agreement 0.4 10 Grant-maintained 0.3 8 Average for maintained primary schools 0.5 10 Maintained secondary schools{2} County and voluntary controlled 1.2 22 Voluntary aided and special agreement 0.8 21 Grant-maintained 0.5 17 Average for maintained secondary schools 1.5 22 Special Schools 2.5 27 CTCs 0.2 8 Independent schools 0.1 8 England average 0.7 15 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: {1} Includes middle deemed primary schools {2} Includes middle deemed secondary schools Source: DfEE National Pupil Absence Tables 1995.

Date

14 November 1996

Reference

3888; 285 c340W

House

House of Commons

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