Lateness & Absence
Both of these are damaging to a child's education and need to be avoided where at all possible. To reward excellent attendance and good punctuality, children will receive a certificate each term for 100% attendance and a chance to win a bicycle for 100% attendance for a full academic year.
Registration and Punctuality
- All children should be in line and ready to enter their classroom by 8.55am. Classroom doors close at 9.00am. Electronic registration is used in all year groups and taken twice per day at 9.00am and 1.05pm. A school day counts as 2 marks of attendance.
- Morning registration ends at 9.00am. If a pupil arrives after this time he/she should be accompanied by the parent to the late desk in the main school office reception. They will be given a late slip to give to the teacher upon arrival in class. Any pupil arriving after 10.00am will become an unauthorised absence and marked as an absentee for the whole of the morning session.
- It is essential that children arriving and leaving school with a parent/carer outside the normal school hours are signed in or out from the school office. The signing in/out register in the office is used in the case of an emergency or a fire drill.
- Please note the school day ends at 3.30pm for yrs 3to 6, 3.25pm for yrs 1 and 2 and 3.20pm for reception children. Please be prompt when collecting your children from school.
- The Education Welfare Officer will be informed of persistent latecomers.
Illness and Medical Appointments
- Every effort should be made to arrange medical appointments outside of school hours. However we are aware that appointments during school time are sometimes unavoidable. If it is necessary for a child to be out of school for this reason, the child should be returned to school directly after the appointment.
- Following an episode of vomiting or diarrhoea pupils are requested to remain away from school for a period of 48 hrs. This is in line with guidance from the Health Protection Agency for schools and childcare settings and helps to reduce the spread of infection between pupils.
Absence
- Parents/carers are requested to telephone on the first day of absence before 9.30am or as early as possible and leave a message on 0208 684 4003 - giving your child’s name, class and reason for absence and then each morning, if appropriate, for the duration of the absence.
- The schools attendance officer will endeavour to contact the parent/carer if no message has been received regarding the reason for the pupil absence.
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