1. Welcome

2. Dates for your Diary: 26 th October: Interim reports. 07 th December: Parents evening 20th Feb: All about the money tbc 22 nd Feb: Work experience tbc

3. Dates for your Diary: 11 th April: Full Report issued 18 th April: Revision Evening 20 th June: Exams 27th June: Careers Day 18 th July: Interim Report

4. Exactly how long is this course?

5. Why are you here?

8. Attendance on the Isle of Man The average for all secondary schools on the IOM last academic year was 94.21%

9. What does 90% really mean? 90% attendance equates to one half day every week. In Y10 that is the equivalent of four whole weeks (almost half a term) If a child continued this pattern then over five years (Y7 – Y11) they will miss the equivalent of about one half of a school year

10. Throughout your GCSEs That would mean missing 8 weeks of teaching and learning time during Year 10 and 11!

11. What it means over a term (approx. 14 weeks) 90%= 1 week 2 days 80%= 2 weeks 4 days 70%= 4 weeks 1 day 60%= 5 weeks 3 days 50%= 7 weeks 40%= 8 weeks 2 days 30%= 9 weeks 1 day

12. How might this affect your childs life? Research suggests that 17 missed school days a year = one grade drop in achievement The greater the attendance, the greater the achievement

13. Class of 2015 99% - 100% 100% Met or exceeded YELLIS target 100% 5 A-C including English and Maths 95-100% 1.05 grades higher on average per subject 90-94.9% 0.34 grades higher on average per subject <80% 1.8 grades lower on average

14. Grades = £ Pupils who leave school in Year 11 with 5 GCSE grade A/A* will earn around £350,000 more over their lifetime than those leaving with 5 GCSE grade C