ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY

We want your child to feel settled and happy and to make good progress in school. To achieve this, it is important that your child comes to school regularly and on time.

We expect that children attend school every day. We understand that occasionally they are ill and will need to be kept at home, however the expectation is that they are in school at least 95% of the time.

The law makes parents/carers responsible for their child’s attendance at school from the time the child comes into school in the term they are 5 years old. If your child does not attend school, or if he/she is often late, you can be taken to court by the Local Authority.

If your child is absent or late for school, it is important to let us know the reason – by phoning, speaking to a member of staff or by writing to us.

If you are experiencing difficulties getting your child to school, please contact the Headteacher, or the Learning Mentor. We may be able to help.

We discourage families from going on holiday during term time. However if you find it necessary to do this then you will need to apply to the Headteacher for this absence to be authorised. We are able to authorise up to 10 days holiday if a child’s attendance is above 95%. Taking a child out of school on an unauthorised holiday could result in them losing their school place.

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