Attendance Information

Our attendance target is 96% 

You can view our Attendance Policy here: Attendance Policy

We encourage regular attendance to ensure that our pupils have the best opportunity to learn and develop. Absences mean that children miss important learning time and it may be difficult for them to catch up on work later on.

If your child needs to be absent from school, you must:

• Inform the school office on the first day of absence by either sending a message on our App or phoning 0161 921 1700
• Give an estimated date of return to school or phone on each day of their absence
• If your child is unable to return to school on the expected date, please inform school office
• If  your child is absent for an appointment, please provide copies of medical appointment letters or cards so that the absence can be authorised.

Understanding types of absence:

We take a morning and afternoon register. Each of these registers have an ‘attendance mark’, so a child receives 2 marks per school day. An absence from school has to be classified as either authorised or unauthorised.  This is why information about the cause of any absence is always required. Absences without explanation will be marked as unauthorised.

Authorised absences must have reasons like illness, emergency, medical appointments (that cannot be arranged out of school time) or another unavoidable cause.

Unauthorised absences are those that the school does not consider reasonable, and for which no approved leave has been given. 

This includes:

• Children who arrive at school too late to get a mark (after 9:15)
• Children absent from school unnecessarily or refusal to come in
• Absences that have not been properly explained
• Holidays in term time

Punctuality

Punctuality is an important life skill. Pupils are expected to be on time for school every day.

When pupils are late, even by 2 minutes, they miss essential learning and instructions given out at the start of their lesson. This can significantly reduce achievement, regardless of
academic ability. Your child may also feel awkward arriving to the classroom when
everyone else is settled. Furthermore, when one pupil arrives late, it disrupts the
entire class and the teacher – everyone’s education is compromised.

Not only is this disruptive to the pupils’ education, it also inconveniences staff, who
have to take pupils from the office to the classrooms and amend lunch
choices.

Our school morning routine is outlined below:

Please ensure that you leave your home in plenty of time, in order for pupils to be on school grounds once the gates are open.

If there is an emergency which means you are running late, please send a message via our app (ParentApp Connect) or phone school to let the office staff know.

If your child’s attendance does become a concern, you may be invited to a meeting with our Attendance Team – Mrs Lax, Mrs Hughes or Mrs Forster – to see if any support can be offered.

Thank you for your support.