Attendance Matters

Good attendance is crucial to achieving successful outcomes at school.      Your child has a right to an education and to come to school every day.

We monitor pupil absence regularly and provide and analyse detailed reports on absence.                                          

Local authority guidance means that holidays will not be authorised during term time except for ‘exceptional circumstances’.  Unauthorised absences may result in a penalty notice being issued by the LA and a subsequent fine.

We aim for attendance of at least 96% and our Family Resource Workers will contact you if we are concerned about your child’s absence or lateness. 

Illness

​Sometimes children are too ill to come to school. Please contact school by 9am on the first morning of absence and let us know why your child is off school. You must keep us informed each day if your child is still absent.          If we do not hear from you, we will try and make contact with you. If we do not receive a message as to why your child is absent we will record it as an unauthorised absence.

Medical appointments

Wherever possible please make medical appointments after school or in school holidays. It is important that you inform us in advance of any appointments or meetings that will cause your child to be absent even if they are due in later that day or may need to leave early. If you do need to take your child for a medical appointment during the school day we will need to see proof of this appointment.

If at any time you have  difficulty getting your child to school please speak to us. Please phone or call into school and ask for either Mrs Williams or Mrs Sassanelli, our Family Resource Workers.