Attendance Policy
Parents/carers are requested to telephone the office on 01297 560591 and leave a message before 08:55am if their child is going to be absent/late. The reason for absence must be in full ie sickness on Sunday, temperature, severe cold etc.
Office staff will check all class registers between 8:55am and 9:30am daily to identify those pupils who are absent. Where a child is absent from school and we have not received any written or verbal communication from the parent, we will initiate the first day contact procedures.
If no message is left with the school office, we will telephone each of the contacts on the list provided by parents. If we are still unable to get confirmation as to why the child is not at school, we will proceed to a welfare check (this is a visit to the home address). This is normally carried out by the senior staff from the school.
This is the school’s duty of care and safeguarding for your child.