1. Performance Insights: School Attendance

2. Every day counts research confirms a strong link between attendance and student outcomes. Every day counts aims to inform parents, school communities and students about the importance of school attendance brochures, case studies, research and factsheets can be found on the department’s website at http://education.qld.gov.au/everydaycounts/ http://education.qld.gov.au/everydaycounts/ 2

3. The overall average attendance rate in Queensland state schools in 2013 was ***% This is just lower than the average in some of the other eastern Australian states, which is approximately 92%. 3 Average attendance rates

4. Insert your school’s data here 4 Our school’s attendance rate

5. 5 Patterns of attendance across the week Absences by reason by day (Semester 1, 2010)

6. 6 Patterns across the semester Absences by week by reason (Semester 1, 2010)

7. 7 Patterns across schooling years Average attendance rates by year level for all students and Indigenous students (2008 to 2010)

8. 8 Impact of low rates of attendance The literature suggests that a low level of school attendance may be associated with: poor academic achievements including lower levels of achievement on literacy (for example,. reading, writing) and numeracy (Simons, Bampton, Findlay & Dempster, 2007) reduced opportunities for students to learn and access educational resources e.g. programs, teachers which impact on students’ academic attainment (Bridgeland, DiIulio & Morison, 2006) further absenteeism in subsequent grades (Alexander, Entwisle& Horsey, 1997; Barrington & Hendricks, 1989; Kaplan, Peck & Kaplan, 1995; Rumberger, 1987; Rumberger, Ghatak, Poulos, Ritter& Dornbusch, 1990)

9. Reasons for non-attendance 9

10. attendance has a strong and persisting relationship with student outcomes as measured by NAPLAN scores each day lost in the early years has a stronger relationship with reading in later years each day lost in the later years has a stronger relationship with numeracy in the later years the research literature suggests that several adverse outcomes are related to student attendance levels 10 What do we know about attendance

11. 11 Categories for school attendance strategies

12. Insert your school’s approach to increasing attendance here 12 Our school’s approach