Attendance
Our Attendance team
|
Steve Fox |
Head teacher, designated safeguarding lead |
|
Abbie Osborne |
Attendance First Response, Attendance officer and Admin Assistant |
|
Sharon Marr |
School Welfare Officer and deputy safeguarding deputy. |
|
Anna Dunne |
School Pastoral support and attendance support |
Our attendance target 2023-24 is 97%. Hope, our school therapy dog, rewards all our pupils who have good or have improved their attendance, with a 'round of a paws'. The pupils love to see Hope and she really helps to motivate them to improve their attendance.
KEY ATTENDANCE INFORMATION - please see our latest attendance information below
Our attendance letters
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Initial concern |
Sent to parents/carers whose children have attendance below 93% |
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Letter One |
Sent to parents/carers whose children have attendance below 90% |
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Letter Two |
Sent to parents/carers whose children have attendance has not improved (follow up to initial concern) |
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Letter Three |
Medical evidence letter- all absences unauthorised unless medical evidence is shown ( is not improving after letters 1&2) |
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Letter Four |
Attendance meeting with attendance officer & Class teacher |
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Letter five |
Attendance panel review with attendance officer and SLT |
Punctuality - what the children miss
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Minutes Late per day |
How many school days/ weeks missed in one year |
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5 minutes late |
3.4 school days missed a year |
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10 minutes late |
1.4 school weeks missed a year |
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15 minutes late |
2.6 school weeks missed a year |
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20 minutes late |
2.8 school weeks missed a year |
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30 minutes late |
4 school weeks missed a year |
The table below shows the amount of lost learning a child may have by missing school.
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100% attendance |
Zero days missed |
Immaculate! |
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99% attendance |
Two days of absence across the year |
Excellent! |
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97% attendance |
Five days of absence across the year |
Good |
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95% attendance |
Nine days of absence across the year: one week and four days of learning missed. |
Satisfactory |
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90% attendance |
Nineteen days of absence across the year; three weeks and four days of learning missed |
Poor |
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85% attendance |
Twenty-eight days of absence across the year: five weeks and three days of learning missed. |
Needs to be address immediately |
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80% attendance |
Thirty-eight days of absence across the year: seven weeks and 3 days of learning missed. |
Needs to be address immediately |
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75% attendance |
Forty-six days of absence across the year: nine weeks and one day of learning missed. |
Needs to be address immediately |