We expect all children to attend each day unless they are ill. Children with good attendance do better in school and
often find it easier to make friends. Our attendance target for the whole school is 97%. The National expectation is that children’s attendance is 96% or better.
We acknowledge good attendance and punctuality and the class with the best weekly attendance and punctuality
receives a certificate in assembly. The winning class each term receive medals and a special trophy. This is reported in the weekly school newsletter also. Each half term term children with 100% attendance receive a coloured wristband – red for autumn 1, orange for autumn 2, yellow for spring 1, green for spring 2, blue for summer 1 and purple for summer 2. At the end of the academic year children with 100% for the whole year receive a rainbow wrist band and are invited for a treat.
The school does not authorise any term time absence for holidays and parents may be fined if time is taken. Any long term absence could result in your child losing their place. If your child is ill, please let us know as soon as possible.
We expect children to arrive at school on time. Any child arriving after 9.00am will be marked as late. Lessons start straight away. Our gates open at 8.45am and the children go straight into their class.
Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 children are collected at the end of the day by parents and carers over 16 years old from the classrooms. Key Stage 2 teachers will bring the children down to the playground to meet their parents. Children who are not collected by 3.45 will be taken to the school office who will contact parents or carers to arrange collection. If there is no response, the school will contact Social Services to provide care for the child. This is really distressing for the child, so please make sure we have up to date contact numbers for you at all times.
See our policy for further information.
Absence from school
Parents should:
- Inform the school in advance if they expect a child to be absent for any reason
- Contact the school on the first day of absence, usually by phone, if a child is absent through sickness
- Send a note giving the reasons for absence when a child returns to school (if they omitted to contact the school beforehand)
- Inform the school if they need to pick their child up from school early
- Telephone the school if they are unavoidably delayed in picking up a child from school
- Make sure the school has correct addresses and phone numbers
- Ensure the school has names, addresses and phone numbers of people who can be contacted in an emergency
Exceptional Leave
- If parents are requesting term-time leave they must complete a request form which is considered by the Head Teacher
- Southwark Education Welfare and Attendance Service support its schools in discouraging such absences.
- The law in regards to term-time holiday states that parents do not have the right to take their child out of school for holidays during term time. All requested leave during term time must be discussed and agreed with the Head teacher and in exceptional circumstances a short period of absence may be agreed by the Head Teacher. It is not a right.
- If the request is not authorised a warning letter will be issued and a copy will be placed in the child’s record folder. The absence will be marked as an unauthorised absence.
- The school can off roll your child if they have been gone for 20 consecutive days.
- Any further term-time leave may result in a fixed penalty notice being issued which will require parents to pay a fine of £60 per parent/carer.
- Further absence could result in other legal action being taken.
- See policy for further information