Attendance

Children are obliged by law to be in school from their 5^th birthday onwards and attend school promptly every day unless they are ill or have to be off for exceptional circumstances.

We are very aware of the negative impact of children missing school both on their academic progress and their social integration.

If your child needs to be absent from school it is essential that you inform us by 9:30am on each day of absence (unless a particular situation means that we know how long the absence will be for in advance meaning we don’t need a daily phonecall). Where we have not received any notification of a child’s absence by 9:30am, we are required to contact parents for safeguarding purposes.

If you are wishing to take your child out of school for holidays this is not now at the discretion of the head teacher.  Absences for holidays can only be granted if there are exceptional circumstances preventing holidays in school holiday time.  For any absence for holidays or other trips, a form must be completed and sent into school.  This form is available from the school office or can be accessed via the link below.