Term Dates & Attendance

We expect all children in school every day. If your child is going to be absent from school, you must inform the office, by 9.00 a.m.  with the reason for their absence. If we do not receive either a telephone call or a note, your child’s absence will be recorded as unauthorised and we will follow our attendance policy to ensure your child is safe.

You are strongly urged to avoid booking holidays or visits overseas during school term-time. Unless the circumstances are exceptional, all requests for Leave of Absence for holidays will be denied and the absence recorded as unauthorised. This may result in a penalty notice being issued by the Local Authority if your child misses 10 consecutive sessions.

Please note that children arriving late (i.e. after the register has closed) have to be marked as unauthorised absent. We are required by law to keep records of unauthorised absences and report them to the Department for Education and Skills. The Education Welfare Officer regularly visits the school to inspect registers.

 

If your child has been sick or has had diarrhoea during the night please do not send them to school for 48 hours, however much they may want to come.

On the other hand, if you think your child may have a “worry tummy/headache”, please bring them to school and leave a contact telephone number.

If a child is not feeling well, we will do our best to make the child comfortable, but it is a great help on these occasions if we can contact you easily. Please make sure we have an up-to-date contact number