Absence
Reporting an Absence
While we strive for 100% attendance for every child, we recognise that some of our pupils have medical conditions that require regular appointments.
Please report your child absent before 9:00am on each day of their absence, this includes both medical appointments and illness. Please call: 01675 463590 Between 8:30 and 9:00 am. If the line is busy, please leave a message. Please inform your transport provider before your child's collection time. Please do not ask transport to pass on absent messages to school.
Prolonged Absence
If your child is absent for an extended period due to ill health or recovery from an operation, we will require regular contact with you - this will be determned with the safegaurding and pastoral team.
We also require a professional to see your child on a regular basis. This could include:
- A wellbeing or activity home visit from a member of school staff
- A video call between pupil and member of staff
- A visit from social worker / physio / community nurse where they inform school of their visit and your child’s wellbeing.
If your child attends school while at the hospital, please let us know and we will endeavour to support the hospital teacher with targets and resource ideas. Your teacher can provide homeschool activities on request.
What will happen if the absence is not reported?
If when registration closes, your child is noted as Absent without reason (N) our prime concern will be for the safety of you and your child.
- A member of the admin team will contact you.
- If there is no response from you, we will also use your 2nd or 3rd emergency contact person noted on your child’s data collection sheet, asking them to contact school.
- If no contact has been received by 10:00am, information will be passed to a member of the Senior Leadership Team as your child would now be considered ‘missing’.
- At this point, the Senior Leadership and/or safeguarding team will arrange a home visit.
