Attendance
At Bader Primary School, our attendance target is 96%.
Research suggests that even missing a little bit of school year on year, children can leave school with lower opportunities than they are capable of. As a school, we strive to give children the best chance in life and this includes encouraging excellent attendance.
Attendance is monitored on a daily basis, and we report this weekly via our Newsletter, and send parents and carers a letter if their child’s attendance causes concern. Parents may also be requested to attend a meeting at school about attendance if this fails to improve.
PUNCTUALITY:
Pupils can come into school from 08:40am and the school day starts promptly at 08:55am. If a child arrives at school after 08:55am without agreed prior arrangements, they will be marked late. Registers close at 09:25am and arrival at school after this time, without prior approval or exceptional circumstances, will be recorded as an unauthorised absence.
Pupils arriving at school after 08:55am must enter through the school office to be signed in.
| Daily Lateness | Equates to… |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes late | 3 days lost per school year |
| 10 minutes late | 6.5 days lost per school year |
| 15 minutes late | 10 days lost per school year |
| 20 minutes late | 13 days lost per school year |
| 30 minutes late | 19 days lost per school year |
PARENTS ARE EXPECTED TO:
Make sure their child attends every day and keep requests for absence to a minimum taking family holidays during school holiday periods only.
Ensure their child arrives at school on time, a reason should be offered for lateness. (Parents/Carers agree to this when joining our school: see home/school agreement.
Call the school to report their child’s reason for absence before 9am on the day of the absence and each subsequent day of absence, and advise when they are expected to return as well as provide medical evidence where appropriate.
Provide the school with at least two emergency contact numbers for their child.
Ensure that, where possible, appointments for their child are made outside of the school day. If appointments are made within school hours, evidence may be requested. Please email or phone the school to inform us prior to the appointment.
Seek support from school where necessary, for maintaining good attendance. Keep to any attendance plans that they make with the school and/or Local Authority.
REQUEST FOR HOLIDAYS DURING TERM TIME
In line with the Government Guidelines, term time holidays will not be authorised, unless there are exceptional circumstances. At least two weeks prior to the first date of expected absence please complete the leave of absence form here: Leave of absence form.
Please note that parents could receive a fine form the Local Authority for taking children out of school for holidays or regular unauthorised absence amounting to 10 sessions or more within a 10 week period.
In accordance with the New National Framework for Penalty Notices which is now in effect, a Penalty Notice may be issued to you by the Local Authority. For your first offence, the Penalty Notice would be £80 per parent, per child, if paid within 21 days and £160 per parent, per child, if paid after this date and within 28 days.
Subsequent offences will be escalated which may result in prosecution. Please refer to the Local Authority’s Penalty Notice Code of Conduct for further information here: Penalty notice code of conduct
The school’s Parent Support Advisor is Christina Owens and can be contacted via bader@bader.org.uk (FAO PSA).
At Bader Primary School, we celebrate attendance in lots of ways including: assemblies, certificates, through our weekly newsletter and parent/ carer communication system ‘ATTEND’.
You can view our attendance policy here: Policies page
