Whole School Attendance
Attendance is really falling again and we need to pick this up. We are noticing that Friday is a day when lots more children are absent and we are going to start looking more closely at which children are showing a pattern of missing Fridays. This has been highlighted this week as attendance and punctuality were very strong yesterday, with the only difference being that it was World Book Day!
Please remember, we will always contact you if your child is unwell during the day, so please make sure they are here as much as possible. With your help we made massive improvements in attendance over last year and this is now better across school than it has been in a very long time!
We would also remind you that, according to the new guidance for schools, ANY leave for holidays should be unauthorised: there is no longer the 'up to 5 days/10 sessions' which can be authorised at the Headteacher's discretion. Last year we put forward 38 requests for Fixed Penalty Notices to be issued, which the Local Authority have advised us that they have actioned.
