How is school attendance being recorded during the pandemic
Dear Department of Education (Northern Ireland),
I would like to ask the following regarding school attendance marks during the covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns:
a). When schools closed in March 2020, what SIMS code did schools use to mark their students as up until 30 June 2020? And did the children of key workers who attended during that period of time get a present mark?
b). When schools closed for an extra week at Halloween, what SIMS code was used to code this?
c). When schools closed in January 2021, what SIMS code was used?
d). Year 12-14 pupils who have now finished school due to the completion of their GCSE and A level courses and the finalisation of their centre determined grades, are they being marked as code S?
Yours faithfully,
S. Long
The following message to <[DENI request email]> was undeliverable.
The reason for the problem:
5.1.0 - Unknown address error 530-'5.7.57 SMTP; Client was not authenticated to send anonymous mail during MAIL FROM'
Sent request to Department of Education (Northern Ireland) again.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your email requesting information relating to how attendance
was recorded during the pandemic.
Your request was received on 31/05/2021 and it will be dealt with under
the terms of the above legislation.
The leaflet attached tells you about the legislation and the procedures
the Department will follow in handling your request.
If you have any queries about this email, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.
Kind Regards
Neil McCormick
Information Management Team
Room 5
Rathgael House
Balloo Road
BANGOR
BT19 7PR
Telephone – 028 9127 7698 (DD. 69098)
Email – [1][email address]
References
Visible links
1. mailto:[email address]
Good Afternoon
Further to your request for information received 31 May 2021.
Please see attached response from Dale Heaney.
Regards
Victoria
Victoria Ashe
Tackling Educational Disadvantage Team
Department of Education
Rathgael House
43 Balloo Road
BANGOR
BT19 7PR
Tel: 02891 279 543
Email: [1][email address]
References
Visible links
1. mailto:[email address]
We work to defend the right to FOI for everyone
Help us protect your right to hold public authorities to account. Donate and support our work.
Donate Now