asked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the attendance rate of pupils of compulsory school age at all academies or their predecessor schools for each year from 2001 to 2005.[HL913]
The information requested can be found in the following table. Improving pupil attendance is a key priority for all academies, and the data show that most have better overall attendance records than the schools they replaced.
2001 2002 LA Schoolor Academy Opened Authorised /Unauthorised Absence Authorised /Unauthorised Absence Bexley Thamesmead Community College 15.0% 6.3% Bexley The Business Academy, Bexley 2002 - - Haringey St David and St Katherine Church of England High Schools 5.9% 0.6% Haringey Grieg City Academy 2002 - - East Middlesbrough Keldholme School 14.0% 1.9% East Middlesbrough Langbaurgh School 11.2% 0.5% East Middlesbrough Unity City Academy 2002 - - Brent Willesden High School 4.9% 7.1% 9.0% 4.0% Brent Capital City Academy 2003 Bristol St George Community College 10.4% 0.3% 11.2% 0.9% Bristol The City Academy Bristol 2003 Ealing Compton Sports College 11.6% 4.7% 10.7% 5.5% Ealing West London Academy 2003 Manchester Ducie High School, Moss Side 11.4% 3.2% 12.8% 2.4% Manchester Manchester Academy 2003 Middlesbrough Brackenhoe Comprehensive 13.4% 0.7% 12.8% 0.9% Middlesbrough Coulby Newham 10.8% 1.1% 9.6% 0.7% Middlesbrough The King's Academy 2003 Nottingham Djanogly CTC and Forest School 7.8% 0.2% 10.3% 0.7% Nottingham Djanogly City Academy 2003 Southwark City of London Academy * 2003 Southwark Warwick Park School 6.7% 1.1% 5.7% 2.4% Southwark The Academy at Peckham 2003 Walsall TP Riley School 10.6% 1.4% 9.8% 1.4% Walsall Walsall City Academy 2003 Barnet The Edgware School 8.2% 2.1% 8.0% 1.4% Barnet The London Academy 2004 Hackney Mossbourne Community Academy * 2004 Hillingdon Evelyns Community School 17.6% 1.8% 11.6% 9.4% Hillingdon Stockley Academy 2004 Lambeth Lambeth Academy * 2004 Northampton Lings Upper School 14.7% 2.7% 8.8% 2.2% Northampton Northampton Academy 2004 Doncaster Thorne Grammar School 9.9% 1.3% 9.9% 1.5% Doncaster Trinity Academy 2005 Greenwich St Paul's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided School 8.1% 1.1% 6.3% 0.5% Greenwich St Paul's Academy 2005 Salford Cannon Williamson Church of England School 18.9% 1.2% 15.4% 0.1% Salford Salford City Academy 2005 Kent Ramsgate School 10.0% 3.0% 10.4% 4.7% Kent Marlowe Academy 2005 Hillingdon John Penrose School 9.5% 2.3% 9.2% 1.5% Hillingdon Harefield Academy 2005 Lewisham Malory School 9.0% 4.0% 6.8% 4.8% Lewisham Haberdashers’ Aske's Knights Academy 2005 Lewisham Haberdashers' Aske's City Technology College (CTC) 6.4% 0.6% 6.8% 0.5% Lewisham Haberdashers’ Aske's Hatcham College Academy 2005 Bradford Dixons City Technology College 4.2% & 4.3% 0.1% Bradford Dixons City Academy 2005 Liverpool Our Lady's Catholic High School 8.5% 1.9% 8.5% 1.0% Liverpool Academy of St Francis Assisi 2005 West Middlesbrough Macmillan City Technology College 6.1% & 5.8% & West Middlesbrough Macmillan Academy 2005 National average for secondary schools 8.0% 1.1% 7.6% 1.1%
2003 2004 2005 LA School or Academy Authorised /Unauthorised Absence Authorised /Unauthorised Absence Authorised /Unauthorised Absence Bexley Thamesmead Community College Bexley The Business Academy, Bexley 7.8% 2.0% 8.0% 1.0% 7.8% 0.7% Haringey St David and St Katherine Church of England High Schools Haringey Grieg City Academy 5.4% 5.1% 7.9% 1.9% 7.2% 1.4% East Middlesbrough Keldholme School East Middlesbrough Langbaurgh School East Middlesbrough Unity City Academy 8.1% 2.0% 9.5% 2.8% 9.9% 6.2% Brent Willesden High School Brent Capital City Academy - - 5.2% 5.9% 4.4% 6.5% Bristol St George Community College Bristol The City Academy Bristol - - 11.2% 0.2% 8.1% 0.4% Ealing Compton Sports College Ealing West London Academy 11.6% 1.8% 9.3% 2.6% 8.1% 2.0% Manchester Ducie High School, Moss Side Manchester Manchester Academy - - 7.3% 4.2% 5.6% 2.5% Middlesbrough Brackenhoe Comprehensive Middlesbrough Coulby Newham Middlesbrough The King's Academy - - 6.3% 8.2% 4.1% 7.3% Nottingham Djanogly CTC and Forest School Nottingham Djanogly City Academy 9.2% 0.7% 9.0% 1.4% 8.0% 1.7% Southwark City of London Academy * 6.5% 1.2% Southwark Warwick Park School Southwark The Academy at Peckham - - 5.7% 3.6% 6.7% 2.8% Walsall TP Riley School Walsall Walsall City Academy - - 4.6% 0.3% 2.4% 0.8% Barnet The Edgware School 7.4% 1.1% Barnet The London Academy - - 6.6% 0.5% Hackney Mossbourne Community Academy * 4.0% 0.2% Hillingdon Evelyns Community School 8.0% 5.4% Hillingdon Stockley Academy - - 6.9% 3.9% Lambeth Lambeth Academy * 3.7% 2.4% Northampton Lings Upper School 11.0% 2.0% Northampton Northampton Academy 11.5% 2.4% 8.6% 3.2% Doncaster Thorne Grammar School 8.3% 1.7% 8.1% 1.7% Doncaster Trinity Academy - - Greenwich St Paul's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided School 6.8% 0.5% 7.3% 0.7% Greenwich St Paul's Academy - - Salford Cannon Williamson Church of England School 12.5% 0.5% 11.2% 1.9% Salford Salford City Academy - - Kent Ramsgate School 7.9% 6.6% 11.0% 5.8% Kent Marlowe Academy - - Hillingdon John Penrose School 9.4% 2.1% 9.0% 2.0% Hillingdon Harefield Academy 9.6% 2.1% Lewisham Malory School 6.4% 4.2% 5.7% 5.0% Lewisham Haberdashers’ Aske's Knights Academy - - Lewisham Haberdashers' Aske's City Technology College (CTC) 7.3% 0.3% 5.2% 0.2% Lewisham Haberdashers’ Aske's Hatcham College Academy 4.8% 0.2% Bradford Dixons City Technology College 3.4% 0.2% 3.4% 0.1% Bradford Dixons City Academy 3.4% 0.1% Liverpool Our Lady's Catholic High School 9.3% 1.1% 7.8% 2.9% Liverpool Academy of St Francis Assisi - - West Middlesbrough Macmillan City Technology College 5.3% & 5.7% 0.1% West Middlesbrough Macmillan Academy 4.9% & National average for secondary schools 7.2% 1.1% 6.9% 1.1% 5.7% 0.8% Italics indicate a predecessor school * indicates a new school & - where a figure of less than 0.05%, but greater than 0% occurs - indicates an academy where attendance figures are not available as the school opened in the September of the year in question