TMC Tops Attendance League Table

The Marvell College Tops Attendance League Table

The Department for Education (DfE) recently published data comparing secondary school attendance with that of 20 similar schools nationally covering the period from the start of the 2024-2025 academic year in September 2024 to Tuesday 8^th April 2025.

It is with great pleasure that I can report that The Marvell College placed 1^st of the 21 schools for overall attendance and for persistent absence.

More key details are listed below

• Our attendance is 3.9% higher than the median attendance of similar schools.
• Our persistent absence is 11.7% lower than the median of similar schools.
• FSM pupils’ attendance is 5.6% higher than that in similar schools.
• Non-FSM pupils’ attendance is 2.2% higher than that of similar schools.
• SEN is pupils’ attendance is 7.1% higher than that of similar schools.
• Non-SEN pupils’ attendance is 3.9% higher than that if similar schools.
• Our attendance for all groups of pupils is higher than the comparable time last year with the biggest increases coming for our most vulnerable pupils, FSM (2.9%) and SEN (4.4%).

As a school, we place great emphasis on the importance of regular attendance at school and our own data, highlighted in the table below, shows that the higher pupils’ attendance to our school is, the more successful they are.

Recently published data has also shown pupils with attendance of 95%+ are TWICE AS LIKELY to gain good passes in english and mathematics compared to similar pupils with attendance of between 90-95%.

I am very proud of the work pupils, parents and carers, and our staff have done to improve attendance to school in our community and look forward to this trend continuing over the coming weeks, months, and years.