Attendance

Timing of the School Day

Breakfast club starts at 8am, last admissions to breakfast club are 8.30am.

Children’s learning starts at 8.30am. Please ensure your child arrives on time.

Attendance

Regular attendance is fundamental to ensuring that pupils achieve their full potential. We are committed to promoting high levels of attendance and punctuality for all our children, as this supports progress, attainment, wellbeing, and raises aspiration. As a school we have a target of 97% attendance. 

The school has clear and robust procedures in place to monitor attendance and punctuality. Attendance is reviewed weekly, and any concerns are identified promptly. We work in close partnership with parents and carers to provide support where attendance falls below expected levels, ensuring that barriers are addressed at the earliest opportunity.

We expect all children to attend school every day, unless absence is unavoidable due to illness or exceptional circumstances. Parents and carers are required to inform the school promptly of any absence, in line with our attendance procedures.

Through a consistent and supportive approach, we aim to ensure that all children develop positive attendance habits. We believe that together, we can help every child succeed – creating opportunities for every child.

Leave of absence procedures

As detailed in our Attendance Policy, and in line with DfE guidance, we do not authorise leave of absence during term other than when exceptional circumstances permit. If you wish to take your child out of school, during term time, it is important to discuss this with us as much in advance as possible so we can guide you through the process. 

Children are expected to:

• To respect themselves and others
• To do all they can to attend school regularly and punctually
• To inform a trusted adult if they feel that they are being bullied
• To encourage friendship and a sense of belonging
• To be happy and encourage others to feel happy

Parents are expected to:

• To keep requests for their child to be absent to a minimum
• To offer a reason, or medical proof, for any period of absence, preferably before the absence or on the first day of absence
• To ensure that their child arrives at school on time, a reason should be offered for any lateness
• To work closely with the school to resolve any problems that may impede a child’s attendance
• To take family holidays during school holiday periods and be aware that requests for holidays during term time will be refused except in special/exceptional circumstances.
• To be aware of curriculum requirements and be especially vigilant with regards to attendance during important academic times such as SATS
• To support their child and recognise their successes and achievements

Illness and Appointments

If your child is going to be absent due to illness, please inform the school office before 8.30am.

If your child has not arrived at school on time and we have not been informed we will contact you to check they are safe and see why they are not in school. If we cannot make contact with you, we will call all of your emergency contacts.

If we are still unable to contact you, a home visit will be conducted.

The following link may help you decide if you think your child is too ill for school:

Is my child too ill for school? – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

If your child is off for more than one day, please make sure that you let us know each morning that they won’t be in school again to avoid us having to call you to find out how they are. If a child is absent for 5 days, we will conduct a home visit.

Appointments

If your child has a medical or dental appointment, please inform the school office beforehand. We also ask that you provide proof of appointment.

Children must be collected from the school office for appointments, where they should be signed out before leaving school. If a child returns to school during the day, they must be signed back in.

Thank you for your support and cooperation in keeping our pupils safe.

More information regarding school attendance can be found on the council’s website, or by clicking on the following link:

• http://www.hull.gov.uk/resident/schools-and-learning/school-attendance-and-absence
• Trust policies, including the Ebor attendance policy can be found here