Attendance & Punctuality
We monitor students’ attendance and punctuality, as students with high attendance make better progress academically and socially.
Parents play a vital role in encouraging positive attitudes and we ask for their support to ensure their children arrive on time and don’t miss school unless absolutely necessary.
We endeavour for every student to receive a full-time education which maximises opportunities for them to realise their true potential. All school staff will work with students and their families to ensure each student attends school regularly and punctually.
Please see our Attendance Policy for more information.
To help the school keep your child safe, please ensure that you and your child keep to the following procedures:
If your child is too ill to attend school you must phone 01253 531415 and press 1 to report an absence, preferably before 8:00am. You must contact us each day that your child is absent. Please give your child’s name and the reason for their absence. Click here for a handy guide on when and when not to keep your child off school.
For persistent and/or lengthy absence, please provide medical evidence.
Absence calls home
We take safeguarding very seriously and our Family Support Worker will phone parents/carers if a student is absent, and they have not informed us.
Calls are made daily, even when a student has been reported ill previously. We cannot assume a student is ill unless notified by parents, as this could put them at risk. We also follow up unexplained absence via telephone, letter, and home visit.
Parents should ensure their child realises the importance of attending school on time and getting their present mark. Parents and carers should provide school with up to date contact numbers.
Types of absence
Please see attendance policy for absence types
Authorised absence means we have given approval in advance or accepted a given explanation for reason of absence.
Unauthorised absence is where we are not satisfied with the reasons given for the absence or no reason has been provided for the absence
Punctuality
We expect all students to arrive by 8:45am for registration. Any student arriving after 9:15am without an acceptable reason will be marked as unauthorised late; this counts as an absence for the morning session.
What if my child is ill?
If your child is too ill to attend school you must phone 01253 531415 and press 1 to report an absence, preferably before 8:00am. You must contact us each day that your child is absent. Please give your child’s name and the reason for their absence.