Attendance
Parents are expected to:
- Make sure their child attends every day on time
- Call the school to report their child’s absence before 9am on the day of the absence and each subsequent day of absence, and advise when they are expected to return
- Provide the school with more than 1 emergency contact number for their child
- Ensure that, where possible, appointments for their child are made outside of the school day
- Seek support, where necessary, for maintaining good attendance, by contacting the head teacher, who can be contacted via the school’s contact details on the website.
- Request for absence needs to be submitted via the form below and is available from the school office. This needs to be returned to the school office.
Pupils are expected to:
Attend school every day, on time
Parents and students can expect the following from Our Lady of Lourdes Trust;
- Regular, efficient and accurate recording of attendance,
- Early contact with parents when a pupil fails to attend school without providing a reason
- Immediate and confidential action on any problem notified to us
- Rewarding good attendance
- A quality education
Late Procedures
We are now operating a new sign in procedure for pupils that arrive via the school office after the school dogs have closed. This new system will enable lateness to be logged automatically by parents/carers.
How will it work?
- Please bring your child to the office
- Parent/Carer to click on the ‘pupils’ tab on the sign in screen.
- Choose ‘Sign In’
- It will ask for your child’s Year Group, then class, then first initial of their first name.
- Select your child
- Provide reason for lateness
Children who arrive late are greatly disadvantaged because they miss starting the day with their peers and the beginning of lessons. Their teacher will not always be able to re explain work, once the lesson has started.
It is also important that children establish good routines and habits in preparation for the rest of their lives. Punctuality is a life skill that they need to develop whilst they are young. It is essential that you ensure that your child arrives at school on time to prevent disruption to your child’s own learning and that of others.
We are required to monitor children’s punctuality and attendance. On-going lateness (after the class register has been taken) is classified as an unauthorised absence and this is contrary to The Education Act.
We understand that there may be rare occasions when you are unavoidably late due to unforeseen circumstances. On these occasions please contact the school office to inform us when you will arrive.
If you are having difficulties in getting your children to school on time, please do get in touch to see how we can support you and your child.
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