Local Authority Attendance Procedures - Please Read
Reminders
Following our termly meeting with the Attendance and Welfare Service, a few points were raised with the school with regards to attendance. These being:-
- If your child attends a Doctors/Dentist/Hospital and or any other appointment during the school day, please can you provide us with a copy of the appointment card/letter/email and or allow us to see the text message, which we will note.
- If the appointment is during the school day please be aware that your child should be in school prior to the appointment and return afterward the appointment has finished.
- For those children who are swimming, if your child is unable to swim due to illness or other reason, they still need to be in school for morning registration. If pupils are arriving when the swimmers are returning they will be marked as an unauthorised absence for that morning.
- Children attending external examinations such as Ballet/Music exams need to provide evidence of time and venue or otherwise absence will be classed as unauthorised.
The school will be reviewed again in the Summer term and the above bullet points will be looked at carefully. Parents/Carers not adhering to the local authority guidance may be contacted by the Attendance and Welfare Service.
Thank you for your continued cooperation and understanding in these matters