Attendance
Ensuring that your child arrives in school every day, on time and ready to learn is the most important commitment that we ask of parents and carers.
We understand that children get unwell and may need to miss the occasional day off school. However, where children are consistently absent from school for a day or even a morning every week there is a proven negative effect on their achievement, their friendships and their overall wellbeing.
A number of our pupils do manage 100% attendance and as a minimum we look for at least 96% attendance for every pupil.
Where a child’s attendance falls below 90% or is sporadic, we will seek to understand any ways in which the school is able to support families to ensure that children are in school every day and on time. Where the issue cannot be resolved at school level and attendance does not improve, it may be necessary to involve the Local Authority, who have the power to take legal action as appropriate.
Pupils with good attendance records benefit