Secondary School Pupil Absence Data & Analysis Part 2

Original Request

For each Island Secondary school I request the following information in respect of pupil attendance for each of Years 7-11 inclusive for the academic years 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24: For each Year group the percentage/number of pupils defined as being severely absent (or such other term as may be utilised with respective School or DESC policy definition of severely absent (e.g. 50% or more of possible sessions missed); and Such quantitative attendance data (e.g. percentage absent rates) as recorded by the respective schools broken down by pupil category (e.g. FSM, AEN pupils).

Data Tables (13)

Full Response Text

Policy, Strategy and Governance Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Thie Slieau Whallian Foxdale Road St Johns IM4 3AS

Telephone: (01624) 685808 Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im

Our ref: 4198293 11 November 2024

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 16 October 2024, which states:

"For each Island Secondary school I request the following information in respect of pupil attendance for each of Years 7-11 inclusive for the academic years 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24:

1. For each Year group the percentage/number of pupils defined as being severely absent (or such other term as may be utilised with respective School or DESC policy definition of severely absent (e.g. 50% or more of possible sessions missed); and

2. Such quantitative attendance data (e.g. percentage absent rates) as recorded by the respective schools broken down by pupil category (e.g. FSM, AEN pupils)."

Our response to your request is as follows:
1. For each Year group the percentage/number of pupils defined as being severely absent (or such other term as may be utilised with respective School or DESC policy definition of severely absent (e.g. 50% or more of possible sessions missed)

Ballakermeen High School

Castle Rushen High School

Number of students with 50% and below attendance

2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 Year 7 4 2 3 Year 8 12 3 8 Year 9
12 7 11 Year 10 16 11 11 Year 11 14 8 15

QEII

08.09.21 - 22.07.22 No. of pupils with below 50% attendance

Year 7 1

Year 8 3

Year 9 5

Year 10 5

Year 11 1

07.09.22 - 21.07.23 No. of pupils with below 50% attendance

Year 7 2

Year 8 4

Year 9 10

Year 10 10

Year 11 3

06.09.23 - 19.07.24 No. of pupils with below 50% attendance

Year 7 0

Year 8 7

Year 9 8

Year 10 9

Year 11 2

Ramsey Grammar School
Number of students with 50% or missed sessions

21/22 22/23 23/24 Y7 2 1 1 Y8 4 5 5

Y9 6 9 6 Y10 6 5 10 Y11 2 5 4

St Ninian’s High School

Number of pupils with less than 50% attendanc e Number of pupils with less than 50% attendance Number of pupils with less than 50% attendanc e 21/22 22/23 23/24 Yr 7 1 2 3 Yr 8 11 9 7 Yr 9 2 15 12 Yr 10 11 9 22 Yr 11 8 16 9

1. Such quantitative attendance data (e.g. percentage absent rates) as recorded by the respective schools broken down by pupil category (e.g. FSM, AEN pupils)

Ramsey Grammar School
Percentage absence rates of students on FSM

21/22 22/23 23/24 Y7 10.95 14.22 12.52 Y8 17.99 15.51 17.58 Y9 19.41 22.37 19.61 Y10 18.52 23.26 24.71 Y11 19.02 19.84 16.08

Percentage absence rates of students with EAL

21/22 22/23 23/24 Y7 5 0 0 Y8 9.89 9.78 0 Y9 13.19 9.03 5.91 Y10 19.3 12.5 10.47 Y11 1.35 8.65 11.3

Ballakermeen High School, Castle Rushen High School, QEII and St Ninians High School While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance, complying with your request for information would require the Department to create or derive information from information that it holds, and undertake research into, or analysis of information that it holds. Which the Department is not required to do under the Act.
By way of advice and assistance Castle Rushen High School and St Ninians have provided that is held for students who have 50% and below attendance, as follows:

Castle Rushen High School

2021/2022 Of which are AEN Of which are FSM Year 7 4 2 1 Year 8 12 2 4 Year 9 12 3 5 Year 10 16 4 8 Year 11 14 4 7

2022/2023 Of which are AEN Of which are FSM Year 7 2 0 1 Year 8 3 1 1 Year 9 7 7 3 Year 10 11 8 4 Year 11 8 7 3

2023/2024 Of which are AEN Of which are FSM Year 7 3 2 1 Year 8 8 3 5 Year 9 11 6 5 Year 10 11 5 7 Year 11 15 8 5

St Ninians High School

Number of pupils with less than 50% attendance FSM SEN Number of pupils with less than 50% attendanc e FSM SEN Number of pupils with less than 50% attendanc e FSM SEN 21/22 21/2 2 21/2 2 22/23 22/2 3 22/2 3 23/24 23/2 4 23/2 4 Yr 7 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 3 Yr 8 11 3 7 9 4 5 7 5 4 Yr 9 2 2 1 15 5 9 12 3 3 Yr 10 11 6 7 9 3 7 22 5 15

Yr 11 8 4 7 16 4 8 9 4 3

Please quote the reference number 4198293 in any future communications.

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