Attendance, punctuality, absence and illness
ATTENDANCE RATES
2023-24 (to 08.07.24) - 95.9%
2022-23 - Whole school attendance - 95.9%
2021-22 - Whole school attendance - 94.3%
KEY ATTENDANCE STAFF
Attendance Lead – Ms Louise Roberts
Attendance Coordinator – Mrs Lorraine Bains
Governor with responsibility for Attendance – Mrs Michelle Smith
Top tips on how to keep your child healthy at school.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE DURING TERM TIME – INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
In September, new regulations affecting attendance came into force. In summary guidance has now become law and affects how schools have to record absences, the support they offer families and how schools fine parents for absence - there will be an expectation that schools will fine parents following a national framework. There are also new rules for when schools have to notify the local authority of absences and expectations on how schools will support children with health and mental health issues.
The Local Authority will be advising schools on procedures to follow, in the meantime, the following applies.
REPORTING AN ABSENCE DUE TO ILLNESS
Parents must contact the school if their child is absent by phoning the school office – 01926 425544. If the school does not have prior notification of absence and a child does not attend school we contact parents or carers by phone to confirm the child’s whereabouts and safety.
Please follow the link below for NHS advice on when a child is safe or too ill to attend school:
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school
Please note we can only administer and store prescribed medicine that needs to be taken more than 3 times a day when a consent form has been completed by the parent. Medicine that is only required to be taken 3 times a day can be administered at home before and after school, and before bedtime. However, if parents/carers wish to come into school to administer such medicine they are welcome to, bringing the medicine with them.
REQUESTING OTHER ABSENCES
The school must be informed of any planned absence in advance. Any request for essential absence should be made to the school on a Leave of Absence form which can be obtained from the school office. Please note that holidays and days out during term time will not be authorised.
PUNCTUALITY
Arriving late at school can be upsetting for a child and it disrupts the normal morning routine for the whole class. Our school day starts promptly at 8.55am. Children arriving at school after 8.55am should be brought into school by the main school office entrance and signed in the Arrivals Book by their parent or carer.