ATTENDANCE & LATENESS
Regular attendance is extremely important for all children and contributes to their performance in school. Our aim is to ensure that every pupil has access to the full time education to which they are entitled and as a result succeed and thrive. We endeavour for children to take responsibility for their own attendance, recognising the link between attendance and good learning.
The door closes at 8.40am. Any children arriving after that must enter through the school office and be signed in by a parent/carer.
They will receive a late mark. If your children arrives after 9.30 am, they will receive a U code which is classed as unauthorised.
If your child has had 10 days unauthorised absence or is late 10 times over a twelve week period, you may receive a penalty warning notice and also potentially a fine.
Absence
If your child is unable to attend school, please inform the school office by 8.40am. It is important these messages go direct to the school office as dojos can often be missed. If the reason for absence is sickness and it continues – or is likely to continue – for more than three days, medical evidence should be obtained and submitted to the school. If any child is absent and the school has not been notified, the school office will ring the child’s parent/carer.
Attendance
Wherever possible, we ask parents to try to make doctors and dentist appointments before or after school, or on a Friday afternoon. Where this is impossible, parents should inform the school office, providing medical evidence, and it will be noted and authorised in the register. Without medical evidence, it will be classed as an unauthorised absence.
If your child’s attendance has fallen below 95% you will receive a letter to communicate this. If attendance continues to drop further, you will be contacted for an attendance meeting to ensure we are working together to maximise your child’s attendance.
Weekly attendance is celebrated in assembly and winning classes receive a certificate, earning extra playtime.
Mrs Brockhurst is our attendance Champion and Mrs Rogers supports attendance tracking, alongside our Trust Education Welfare Officer (EWO), Mr Weston.
To find more information on attendance, please click here
To see our Attendance policy, please click here
To find more information about Staffordshire’s HERO campaign, click here