At St Julie’s Catholic High School, we expect high levels of attendance and punctuality from all our students. We believe that good attendance promotes positive social development, develops self-discipline and has proven to improve pupil progress. There is a clear link between attendance and attainment and as a school we expect all students to aim to achieve 100% attendance. Outstanding attendance is regularly recognised and rewarded throughout the year in our Merit Cup Assemblies. 

Poor attendance can have a detrimental effect on progress. A student who has 90% attendance misses almost 4 weeks of the school year, which equates to over 100 hours of learning. The graph below clearly demonstrates the link between absence and attainment for our students at GCSE and A Level.

Absence from school does mean missing lessons, as shown below: