Attendance
Attendance at school is important for social development as well as academic progress. When attendance is low it can impact on a child’s ability to succeed in life. As a parent/ carer it is important that you support your child by getting them to school on time ready to learn and make sure that they attend regularly.
School opens for children at 8:40am registration starts at 8:50am. Children arriving between 8:50am and 9am will be marked as late children arriving after 9am will marked as unauthorised absence.
Being a few minutes late has a significant impact on your child’s learning.
|
Minutes late per Day |
Equates to Days of Teaching Lost in one Year |
Which means this number of lessons missed |
|
5 mins |
3 Days |
15 Lessons |
|
10 mins |
6 Days |
30 Lessons |
|
15 mins |
9 Days |
45 Lessons |
Attending school regularly is important and every day lost has an impact on learning. The table below shows the relationship between the number of days absent and the hours of learning that is lost.
Attendance is monitored regularly and is available for you to see on Arbor.
|
Attendance during school year |
Days lost in a year |
Hours of learning lost |
|
|
100% |
0 |
0 |
Excellent |
|
96% |
7.5 Days |
37.5 |
Good
|
|
95% |
9.5 Days |
47.5 |
|
|
90% |
19 Days |
95 |
Cause for concern |
|
89% |
21 Days |
105 |
Serious cause for concern |
|
86% |
27 Days |
135 |