Attendance

Please find our Attendance Policy and Weekly Attendance figures attached below.

Good attendance is vital for children to achieve well and be happy at school. Children who are absent regularly may fall behind or be unhappy coming to school. It is part of our school ethos that good attendance is expected and rewarded.

If your child has better than 97% attendance at school they are doing well. The national average is about 96%. Children with 80% attendance will miss an average of one day a week and two years of school by the time they are in Year 11. Similarly, attendance of 90% may sound good but it is still half a day a week and a year of missed education by the time they are 16. We don’t need to explain how difficult it can be for some children to make up for a year of lost time.

Overall absence data for individual schools can be found on the performance tables website (link attached below), which is run by the DfE. You can search for schools by their type, postcode, name, town or region.

Absences

If your child is not present at school by 9:30am on the first day of absence please

  • phone the school (01434 681 408) or

  • send an email or

  • call into the school office

    1. It is important that we know where your child is. We will phone you if we are unsure as to why your child is absent.   
Your child should not be kept away from school:
  • to visit relatives

  • for long weekends

  • for shopping trips

  • for birthday treats

As a School we will inform you if:
  • your child is not attending

  • your child is frequently late


Term Time Holidays
  • Under new guidance from the DfE, any request for a holiday during term time must be authorised by the school and we are only allowed to authorise term time holidays in exceptional circumstances. Any parent who takes their child on holiday without authorisation may receive a Penalty Notice and a possible fine.

    We can help

    Your children are very important to us all and deserve the best possible education. BUT sometimes things go wrong. If you are having any problems around attendance please come in and speak to us.

    Education Welfare Officer

    An Education Welfare Officer who works for the Local Authority checks our registers regularly and will be in touch with you if you child fails to attend school on a regular basis. 

 
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE FIGURES
 
 
 
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE-Spring 2nd 2024
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE-Spring 1st 2024
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE-Autumn 2nd 2023
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE-Autumn 1st 2023
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE-Summer 2nd 2023
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE-Summer 1st 2023
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE-SPRING 2nd  2023
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE-SPRING 1st 2023