Attendance and punctuality is crucial to children’s learning and achievement at school. Unless your child is really ill or has a medical appointment that cannot be made after school, they must be in school. Pupils must not miss school for trivial reasons such as to go shopping, to look after siblings, to visit relatives or go to the airport.
The school gates are open from 8.50 AM and close 9:02 AM. Year 4, 5 and 6 pupils are expected to arrive at 8:00 AM on Tuesday to Friday.
Gates reopen at hometime at 3:20 PM and close at 3:40 PM.
Registers for Years 1-6 are taken at 9.00am sharp. Pupils arriving after that time will generally be marked as late.
Parents must inform the school office on the first day of absence either by telephone, in person or via the Parent Hub app. Parents are advised to report any continuing absences every day until the child returns to school. Pupils who are absent for 5 or more days (for whatever reason) must report to the school office and not taken directly to the classroom.
The governors of the school have adopted the local authority’s policy which does not authorise any extended leave or family holidays during term time. A fixed penalty notice of £60 per parent for each child may be served for 3 days unauthorised absence. More details can be found on this link.
Parents can make application for authorised leave in exceptional circumstances. Each application will be assessed on its own merits. Parents are requested to submit their application at least 10 days in advance and provide supporting documents when making the application. Kindly note that in order for leave to be authorised for exceptional circumstance, the pupil must have attendance of 96.5% or over.
