School attendance is a priority for all schools, and we are constantly monitoring student attendance. We want to work together with you to help ensure excellent attendance and punctuality for your child. The following information shows how school attendance can affect your child’s future progress.
Medical and Dental appointments
We ask that you please make every effort to avoid booking medical and dental appointments during school time. Where this is unavoidable, parents/carers should put this in writing to the school office and attach a copy of the appointment card or letter before the date of the appointment and then we will authorise the absence. Please also include the time you will need to collect your child.
If your child will be late into school because of a medical or dental appointment, please phone the school on the morning of the appointment and leave a message on the absence line before 9.00 am. If arriving late, please ensure that your child is accompanied and signed in by an adult at the school office for safeguarding reasons.
If no letter, appointment card or text message reminder can be provided we will not authorise the absence. Medical and dental appointments will normally only be authorised for a morning or afternoon session and not the whole day unless the reasons for this are explained.