Attendance
Being on time for school is very important for a quality education.
8:45 - School gates open
8:55 - Registration
10:10 - Worship
10:30 - Break time
12:00 - lunch
13:00 - Afternoon session begins
13.55 - 14.10 KS1 and Yr3 break
14.15-14.30 Yr4,5,6 break
15:25 - School ends for KS1
15:30 - School ends for KS2
Punctuality
School starts at 8.55 a.m. Both school gates are opened at 8:45am and children can go straight into school. We expect your child to be in the classroom by 8.55 a.m. ready to begin the day.
It is extremely important that children arrive at school in time for registration. Arriving late is upsetting for your child and children that are late miss vital elements of learning and may find it difficult to cope with group work at later stages. Registers close at 9.10 a.m, if your child arrives after this time they will receive a late mark.
Please make every effort to ensure that your child/children arrive on time and are not late. Any child who is late misses:
- An important part of the day
- Disrupts the rest of the class when they enter the classroom
- Creates unnecessary work for our office staff
Attendance: Help us to help your child
Please ensure that your child comes to school everyday. This is your legal responsibility. Those children who come to school regularly make much better progress then those who don’t. Any child who has time off school for whatever reason misses important teaching and a great deal of work.
Sometimes children are sick, but sometimes they can still come to school. The NHS has produced this guidance to help parents decide when it is fine to send children to school with some symptoms, and when you should definitely keep children off school: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/
Absence
Should your child be too ill to attend school then you must telephone the school office with an explanation for your child’s absence. Please ensure that you inform the Office staff directly before 9.30am on the first day of absence or the absence may be registered as unauthorised and a penalty notice may be issued.
A list of school holidays is issued every year and family holidays should be planned within these dates. Taking children out of school during term time in exceptional circumstances is only authorised upon application to the Headteacher and is rarely agreed.
REQUESTS FOR EXCEPTIONAL LEAVE
Parents’ rights
Parents are not entitled to take their children out of school during term time. Such leave, in very rare cases, may only be taken with the written approval of the Headteacher. The decision of the Headteacher is final.
Penalty notices
If your child is taken out of school during term time without authorisation from the Head teacher, you may be referred to the Local authority. The authority has the power to issue you with a Penalty Notice if you take your child out of school without permission. A fine of £60 is issued to each parent for each child. The fine must be paid within 21 days. After 21 days, the fine rises to £120 per parent per child. If you do not pay the fine, you may be taken to Court and fined up to £1000. If convicted, you would also receive a criminal record.
If the Head teacher does authorise exceptional leave during term-time, your child must return to school on the date agreed in writing with the Head teacher. You must notify the school immediately if your child's return is going to be delayed.