Attendance Expectations
We expect students to have above 95% attendance throughout the academic year. The authorisation of absences is at the discretion of the Head Teacher in all circumstances.
Children are legally required to attend school and parents/guardians are responsible for ensuring this attendance. If your child’s attendance is low, they could be considered persistently absent or severely persistently absent.
We may choose to begin interventions for persistent absences including home visits, parental meetings, attendance contracts and internal monitoring.
Consistently poor attendance will result in intervention from the Local Authority, including fines and legal monitoring.
Find our Attendance Policy here.
Procedure for reporting an absence
All absences should be reported to school before 9am via email, phone call or voicemail.
Where an absence is due to an appointment, we expect as much notice as possible and a picture/screenshot of proof of the appointment details to be sent (for example: an appointment text or letter including the student’s name, appointment date an appointment time).
If your child is absent and you have not reported the absence, this will trigger our safeguarding procedures.
Illnesses
In cases of student illness or injury, we will only authorise a small number of absences without proof of illness from a medical professional (doctor, dentist, councillor, or other). If your child has multiple absences due to illness or injury, please make sure that you seek medical support to authorise these absences.
We have school nurses and first aid available for any students who require medical support while at school.
Term Time Holidays
We do not approve term time holidays without exceptional circumstances for missing education.
If you take your child out of school for a term time holiday without authorisation, you may be subject to a fine or other legal action by the Local Authority.
If you are looking to seek approval for a term time holiday, please fill in our Planned Absence Request Form.