Attendance
ABSENCE
If your child is absent, you are required to inform the school office (not form tutors or Head of Year) before 9am on the day, with a reason for the absence. This must be done for every day your child is not at school. If we do not hear from you and you cannot be contacted by 10am, the Family Liaison Officer and Child Protection & Inclusion Manager will attend the home address to carry out a welfare check.
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Our school attendance target is 96%
High levels of attendance and a punctual start to the day are vital for pupils to ensure they make the maximum academic progress whilst developing the organisational skills needed for future life. Promoting excellent attendance is the responsibility of the whole school community including staff, pupils, parents, carers and governors.
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All pupils should be at school, on time, every day, unless the reason for the absence is unavoidable
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Occasionally, there may be other reasons why your child does not want to attend school and we strongly encourage you to call the school to discuss such matters with your child's form tutor and/or Head of Year
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All pupils are expected to be in school for first lesson at 9:00 am
See some interesting statistics below about why attendance really does matter!
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If your child’s attendance in the year is |
Your child has lost the following amount of school days |
If your child is late everyday in a year by |
They have lost the following amount of school days |
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95% 90% 85% 80% 75% 70% 65% |
9 days 19 days 29 days 38 days 48 days 57 days 67 days |
5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes 40 minutes 50 minutes |
3.5 days 7 days 10 days 14.5 days 22 days 29 days 35 days |