All children are expected to attend school except when they are ill, in which case the child should be fully recovered before returning. Please telephone the school on the first day of absence by 9.15am; messages may be left on the answer phone. A written note/email/dojo explaining a child’s absence should be provided immediately upon a child’s return to school. Please note that children should not attend school for 48 hours after vomiting or diarrhoea (Guidance on infection control in schools and other childcare settings).If a child is absent without parental notification these are our actions.:
A courtesy phone call will be made to speak to parent/guardian.
If we cannot make contact with the parent/guardian other contacts on our system will be called.
If 1 or 2 is unsuccessful 2 members of staff will call at the home address.
If 1,2 and 3 are unsuccessful the police will be called.
No child will be permitted entry into school during lunch time due to fire register regulation guidelines from the Local Authority.
Written permission should be sought from the Headteacher for a child to be absent for any other exceptional circumstance.
Children’s attendance is monitored by the school and the local authority. The school will contact parents/carers to discuss concerns about attendance.
Our overall attendance is consistently high at approx. 96%. Our unauthorised absences are very low at approx. 0.5%.
NEW ELECTRONIC LEAVE OF ABSENCE FORM