Attendance and Punctuality Expectations
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.
- All pupils should be at School, on time, every day, unless the reason for the absence is unavoidable.
- If your child is sick and is unable to attend school, then please call the school office before 9:00am.
- 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 the form tutor and head of year in the first instance.
- 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 |
5minutes 10minutes 15minutes 20minutes 30minutes 40minutes 50minutes |
3.5 days 7 days 10 days 14.5 days 22 days 29 days 35 days |