Attendance
"the best gift that anybody can give to a child is to offer a child the opportunity to fulfil his or her full potential”
Eibhlin Byrne, Director Education Welfare Services
Eibhlin Byrne, Director Education Welfare Services
St Aidan’s has a School Attendance Policy in place because we want to foster an appreciation of learning among students and encourage regular and punctual attendance at school. It is essential that students attend school every day and for the whole day.
Non-attendance means vital elements of a topic are missed and when students return to school there are serious gaps in their learning. Topics will never again be covered with the same deliberation as on the first time it is taught.
Non-attendance then impacts on students’ performance in those subjects missed. This will be reflected in student attainment in in-house and state examinations. In the Senior Cycle non-attendance is the single largest cause of poor performance and attainment.
Other activities that impact may be a student’s involvement in extracurricular activities eg. Sport. Students must ensure that they are doing assigned homework for classes missed due to their attendance at games etc.
We are tracking non-attendance and where appropriate text messages are sent home. Tutors and Year Heads will speak to students with high levels of absenteeism. It is school policy that the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) will be informed where students have a high level of unexplained absenteeism.
We would ask that you as parents work with us in ensuring that your son/daughter attends school all day every day.
However, during this Covid 19 pandemic, we are asking that if your son/daughter feels unwell, please keep them at home.
Non-attendance means vital elements of a topic are missed and when students return to school there are serious gaps in their learning. Topics will never again be covered with the same deliberation as on the first time it is taught.
Non-attendance then impacts on students’ performance in those subjects missed. This will be reflected in student attainment in in-house and state examinations. In the Senior Cycle non-attendance is the single largest cause of poor performance and attainment.
Other activities that impact may be a student’s involvement in extracurricular activities eg. Sport. Students must ensure that they are doing assigned homework for classes missed due to their attendance at games etc.
We are tracking non-attendance and where appropriate text messages are sent home. Tutors and Year Heads will speak to students with high levels of absenteeism. It is school policy that the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) will be informed where students have a high level of unexplained absenteeism.
We would ask that you as parents work with us in ensuring that your son/daughter attends school all day every day.
However, during this Covid 19 pandemic, we are asking that if your son/daughter feels unwell, please keep them at home.
Attendance policy
| attendance__policy_2021.pdf |
Attendance Strategy
| attendance_strategy.pdf |