Attendance

Ensuring all pupils have high attendance is a key priority of the academy.  Pupils are entitled to a full-time education and we know that pupils with high attendance do better at school than those with high absence rates. Being at school, on time, every day is vitally important for your child's education and social development.  Children who have lots of time off school struggle academically and find it hard to build relationships with the other children. 

Our whole school target for attendance is 95% and we regularly monitor pupils' attendance to ensure it is in line with this and to look at what help and support we can offer families where it is not. We will contact you by letter and, if your child's attendance does not improve, will look at more formal ways of supporting you such as through an 'Improving Attendance Plan'. 

If these actions fail to improve attendance then we may refer the case to the Local Authority who may decide to issue a Fixed Penalty Notice. 

If you know that your child is going to be absent from school, we ask that you complete a Leave of Absence Request Form which can be found via the link on the right hand side of this page. 

Please note that all term-time holidays are not considered exceptional and will be unauthorised.