This section of our website is
about our pupils’ attendance and in particular unauthorised
absence.
Every child has a right to education and parents are legally
responsible for making sure that their child/children, once
enrolled at a school, attend regularly and punctually. Regular
attendance at school is the single most important factor in a
child making appropriate progress and achieving success.
If your child is away from school for any reason, you should
telephone the school, before 9.30am, on their first day of
absence. Other than sickness, medical/dental appointments,
absence from school will only be authorised for Pre & Post
Operational Tour Leave (max 5 days) and when visiting a new
school (1 day). Leave may also be granted in exceptional
circumstances but this is at the discretion of the Headteacher.
The school may involve Pupil Entitlement for any child whose
attendance falls below 90% and a Fixed Penalty Notice may be
issued when a child has a minimum of 10 school sessions recorded
as unauthorised in any 10-week school period (a school day is
divided into 2 sessions, am and pm). Every half-day absence from
school has to be classified by the school as either authorised
or unauthorised; this is why information about absence is always
required.
There are three documents to read:
1. Guidance on fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for school attendance a letter from the headteacher. HERE
2. A Brief Guide to Fixed
Penalty Notices issued by the local authority.
HERE
3. Parental Request to School
to Authorise an Absence in Exceptional Circumstances.
HERE
Please also see the school’s attendance policy
HERE
