School 100% Club
100% Attendance Heroes
This half term there have been 246 children who have attended school every day!
There were 163 Key Stage 2 children and 83 Key Stage 1 children.
Rachael from Vision Education came and awarded certificates to Key Stage 1 children and then one child from each class won the half-termly prize! Congratulations to Alexandra, Rowand, Isabella, Franisa and Elijah.
Key Stage 2 children will be awarded their prizes and certificates termly.
School Term Dates
| Autumn Term 2018 | Spring Term 2018 | Summer Term 2018 | |||
| Opens | 4th September 2018 | Opens | 7th January 2019 | Opens | 23rd April 2019 |
| Closes | 19th October 2018 | Closes | 15th February 2019 | Closes | 24th May 2019 |
| Opens | 30th October 2018 | Opens | 25th February 2019 | Opens | 3rd June 2019 |
| Closes | 20th December 2018 | Closes | 5th April 2019 | Closes | 19th July 2019 |
- Good Friday - 19th April 2019
- Easter Monday - 22nd April 2019
- May Day - 6th May 2019
The table above shows the pupils' term dates.
Attendance Targets
When a class achieves their attendance target five times they have a party and their target increases by 0.2%
| Class | Target |
| Nursery | 92% |
| FD | 94% |
| FGJ | 94% |
| FT | 94% |
| OAK (SP) | 97% |
| CHERRY (TR/CN) | 97% |
| PINE (ES) | 96% |
| ASH (AW/SS) | 96% |
| WILLOW (JP) | 97% |
| 3/4W | 97% |
| 3/4P | 96% |
| 3/4T | 97% |
| 3/4B | 96% |
| 3/4SL | 97% |
| 5/6JE | 97% |
| 5/6HU | 97% |
| 5/6SH | 97% |
| 5/6HA | 95.5% |
Taking your child out of school during term time
You are required by law to ensure that your child attends school regularly.
Leave of Absence during term time is not an entitlement and parent/carers cannot demand leave of absence for their child. Since 1st September 2013, headteachers have the discretion to grant leave of absence, but they should only do so in exceptional circumstances. If a headteacher grants a leave of absence request it will be for them to determine the length of time that the child can be away from school. A headteacher will not grant leave of absence for the purpose of a family holiday.
Applications for leave of absence in term time should only be made if there are exceptional circumstances as to why the leave cannot be taken outside of term time and these circumstances must be provided to the school with an application form (retrospective consent will not be given). Each request will be looked at on the exceptional circumstances detailed on the application form.
Any absence taken without the permission of the headteacher will be recorded as unauthorised absence in the school register, which is a legal document.
Penalty notices have been introduced under section 23 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 as an alternative to prosecution, for failing to ensure your child's regular school attendance. Where a child has at least 10 school sessions (half days) recorded as unauthorised absence due to taking holidays in school term time, a penalty notice may be issued to all parents/carers by the local authority. Since 1 September 2013, if a penalty notice is issued, each parent/carer will have 21 days from the date of issue to pay £60. After 21 days it will increase to £120 per parent/carer, per child. Failure to pay a penalty notice within 28 days will result in prosecution in the Magistrates' Court under section 444 (1/1A) of the Education Act 1996, for failing to secure regular school attendacne of a child. Persistent unauthorised absence due to leave of absence in term time may result in prosecution.
Reminders
Attendance Reminder!
If your child has been off school ill and they are well by lunchtime please sent them back into school for the afternoon session.
If your child wakes up late please being them to school as soon as possible!