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Caring About Learning, Learning About Caring

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Attendance

Why is attendance important?

  • Attendance and attainment go hand in hand, and to make progress, children need to be in school.     Caring about Learning, Learning about Caring.
  • Your child will gain knowledge and skills such as reading, writing, personal development and much more!
  • Your child will learn to think creatively and independently.
  • Having a good education will improve your child’s chances of success later in life. 
  • By interacting with other people such as teachers and classmates, your child will develop social skills.
  • Regular school attendance is good for your child’s physical and mental health.
  • A regular and punctual attendance pattern will help your child when they enter the world of work. 

Most importantly, it allows your child to have fun!

 

 

The link between attendance and attainment in school is clear. The more a pupil is in school, the more they increase their opportunity to fulfil their potential. 

Helping children to create a pattern of regular attendance is everybody’s responsibility – parents and carers, pupils, and all members of school staff.

If you need any support with your child’s attendance, please speak with our attendance officer, who would be happy to help.  

For more information, also see:

  • Our Attendance Policy on our School Policies page
  • Managing cases of infectious diseases in schools (attached below)
  • Should I keep my child off school guidance (attached below)

How can I encourage regular attendance, and what should I do if my child is struggling to attend school?

  • Show your child that you think school is important. Read the home school diary, and ask about their day.
  • Praise their achievements.
  • Don’t keep your child off for unnecessary reasons.
  • Make sure your child arrives at school on time and is ready to learn. 
  • Recognise that if children get into bad habits at an early age, it is hard to break them later in life, poor attendance in the early years can turn into a worse problem at the end of their school career.

Most importantly, talk to us. If you are struggling to get your child into school, have a chat with C Turner or K Lloyds.

Responsible Members of Staff

C Turner (Attendance Champion)
Email: c.turner@rosehill.nottingham.sch.uk
Phone: 0115 9155815

K Lloyds (Attendance Officer)
Email: k.lloyds@rosehill.nottingham.sch.uk
Phone: 0115 9155815

Absence Procedures

If your child is absent, you must:

  • Contact the school office via telephone before 8.30am on the 1st day of their child’s absence and any subsequent days when their child is off school.
  • The school office is staffed from 8:00am to accept parent calls. The telephone number is: 0115 9155815.
  • Parents/Carers will be expected to provide an explanation for the absence and an estimation of how long the absence will last, e.g., one school day.
  • Wherever practicably possible, medical appointments should be made outside of school hours or during a holiday period. Time out of school to attend appointments should be kept to a minimum and parents/ carers will be expected, where possible, to bring their children to school both before and after the appointment time, not withdrawing them for the entire school day.

If your child is absent, we will:

  • A telephone call will be made to the parent/carer of any child who has not reported their child’s absence on the first day of absence. A school comms text message/email/letter will also be sent.
  • If there has been no communication on the first day of absence, the Attendance Champion is informed. Contact may be made with additional emergency contact numbers, and any additional agencies who are working with the family, i.e., social workers.
Attendance (%) What this means for your child What will happen?
100% Your child's attendance is excellent. They attend school and have access to learning opportunities. Your child will be rewarded, each term, with an attendance certificate. You will be sent messages to thank you for your child’s excellent attendance.
95% - 99.9% Your child's attendance is on-track. They attend school and have access to learning opportunities. Your child will be regularly praised, and you’ll be sent notifications to thank you for your child’s good attendance.
90% - 95% Your child's attendance is slightly below where we want it to be. They attend school regularly and have access to learning opportunities. Try to get them in every day and get attendance back above 95%. This will be monitored over time and praise sent if the attendance trend is upward.
Below 90% Your child has lost 10 or more days of learning and is classified as 'persistently absent. Attendance will be monitored, and an attendance meeting will be held, as required. If absence is unauthorised, the school can request that the Education Welfare and EOTAS Service are involved, and parents/ carers may be issued with Penalty Notices.

Leave of Absence

If you need to request a leave of absence under exceptional circumstances, please fill out the form below and return to school. This form must be completed, signed and returned by the parents or carer.

Please speak to the school office if you require a paper copy of the leave of absence form.

Other Information

The DfE have also released guidance on working together to improve school attendance, which can be found here. Working together to improve school attendance - GOV.UK

  1. Pupil Leave of Absence Form

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  2. Managing cases of infectious diseases in schools

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  3. Should I keep my child off school guidance

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