Attendance information
Is Your Child Missing Out?
Research has shown that regular attendance and good punctuality are crucial factors in students achieving their full potential in education. At Adelaide Primary School, we wish to work in partnership with parents and carers and so are seeking your full support in ensuring that your child attends school every day and on time.
The target attendance figure for all pupils is a minimum of 96% attendance. Based on current attendance figures your child will be placed in one of the following groups below.
Focus on Attendance and Punctuality
At Adelaide Primary School, we reward children who attend school each day and whose attendance is improving. Children are also rewarded for good punctuality. Rewards include golden time, choice from the weekly attendance menu if the class is above 96% as well as attendance medals and rewards at the end of each term.
Reporting Absences
What if my child is off?
We expect your child to attend school every day, however, if your child is ill and unable to attend, please inform the school office before 9am. As a school we have a duty of care and therefore if we do not hear from you we will contact you via a phone call or carry out a home visit.
School telephone number: 01482 223753
The school office is open from 8.00am – 4.00pm Monday to Thursday and 8.00am – 3.30pm Friday.
If you are concerned about this new ‘Focus on Attendance’, there are important steps that you can take:
- Ensure your child attends every day, on time, equipped and ready to learn. The school day begins at 8:40am and students should be in the building by 8:45am. Students arriving after 9am will be marked absent and will require an explanatory note or the absence will remain un-authorised.
- Ensure school has up-to-date addresses and telephone numbers. We will contact you if your child is absent and you have not contacted school. This ensures that the absence is quickly identified.
- If your child is ill, contact school on the first day of absence and provide an explanatory note on their return to school. If no contact is received regarding the absence, it is recorded as un-authorised. Ultimately the school is responsible for deciding if the absence is acceptable or not. Only genuine absence will be authorised. You will be asked to provide medical certificates if your child has a poor attendance record.
- Ensure that medical and dental appointments are made outside of school time whenever possible. Avoid trivial absences such as, ‘buying new shoes’. This would not be accepted as a reasonable absence.
- Holidays should not be taken in school time. Any Leave of Absence can only be agreed by the Head Teacher and only agreed where there are exceptional circumstances.
Thank you for working in partnership with us to achieve the highest possible levels of attendance and punctuality at Adelaide Primary School.
