Attendance
Regular attendance is vital for your child’s success, helping them to achieve their best and develop important life skills.
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Regular attendance is vital for your child’s success, helping them to achieve their best and develop important life skills.
We believe that regular attendance is essential for students to achieve their best and benefit fully from their education. Attending school every day helps students build strong relationships, develop key life skills and prepare for future success.
If your child is unable to attend school, please notify the school as soon as possible: Contact us
Contact the school to report the absence and provide the reason and expected return date.
Keep the school informed of your child’s progress and update the expected return date where possible. Absences can be reported by phone or via the school’s dedicated absence email: Contact us
If we haven’t heard from you by a set time (usually 10:30 am), a member of the school’s administration team will contact you to confirm the reason for absence.
It is a legal requirement that parents inform the academy of the reasons for a child's absence. Parents can send a note addressed to the class teacher or attendance officer, telephone our attendance line on 01283 563811 or visit our main office in person. If no reason is given for not attending, the absence will be recorded as unauthorised. Unauthorised absences count as truancy and parents may be visited by our colleagues to see if we can provide any help to ensure that your child is receiving their entitlement.
Every child is legally obliged to be in full time education. There are occasions when children are genuinely ill, or require a medical appointment. We ask that parents and carers provide an appointment card or doctors note for any planned appointments or illness. If a child is to be excused from any activity we ask that parents provide an explanation in writing. If you intend to collect your child during the school day to attend a medical appointment we ask that you provide a copy of the appointment letter. Please note that we will be unable to release children for other reasons.
Under the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 2006, only the school can authorise an absence – not parents or carers.
Time off for holidays during term time is not a legal right. Any request for a leave of absence must be made in advance by completing an absence form and submitting it to the school office. If a holiday is taken without permission, the absence will be recorded as ‘unauthorised’ and could result in legal action.
You can read the government advice here:
https://www.gov.uk/school-attendance-absence
Regular school attendance is essential because:
Holidays or any kind of leave of absence will be unauthorised during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Exceptional circumstances include:
1. Service personnel returning from a tour of duty abroad where it is evidenced the individual will not be in receipt of any leave in the near future that coincides with school holidays.
2. Where an absence from school is recommended by a health professional as part of a parent or child's rehabilitation from a medical or emotional issues.
3. The death or terminal illness of a person close to the family.
4. To attend a funeral of a person close to the family.There are exceptional and unforeseen circumstances that fall outside of 1 to 4 above, the Principal agrees to consult with the Management Board of the school to arrive at a decision.
Please note: Evidence would be required in each case.
If you believe that the leave of absence you are requesting for you child meets the above criteria, then please complete a 'Leave of absence' request form where it will be considered by the Principal. Nearly all leave of absence requests are rejected and then the absence will be classed as unauthorised and recorded on your child's school file, a penalty notice could be issued of a fine of £80 per parent, per child if paid within 21 days, rising to £160 per parent, per child if paid between 21-28 days. Please do not risk any of these and take your child out of school during term time. When they are here, they can learn!
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Lift Anglesey,
Clarence Street,
Burton Upon Trent
Staffordshire,
DE14 3LG
