Why is attendance so important?
At Springmoor Grange School, we recognise the vital importance of good attendance and punctuality and so great emphasis is placed upon this right from the start of your child’s education. Good attendance at school makes a big difference to learning and develops the wellbeing of the children. It is essential that parents inform school as soon as they know that their child will be absent.
We have prepared some attendance leaflets for parents and we do hope that you find them informative and useful.
We are committed to working with you to support you so please do get in touch if we can help you in any way.
Attendance Matters
Percentage Days Absent Comment Achievement Attendance Stage
Above 97% Less than 6 days absence per year Excellent Attendance Will almost certainly achieve full potential Celebrate
95%-96% 10 days absence per year Missing 2 weeks of every school year Likely to achieve but could improve Enquiry
90-94% 19 days absence per year Missing one month of every school year Will be harder for the children to achieve their best Enquiry
85%-89% 29 days absence per year Missing 6 weeks of every school year High risk of under achievement Enquiry and Support
80%-84% 38 days absence per year Missing a year of school over the time spent in Primary education Almost impossible for the children to keep up Support and Enforce
Below 80% More than 38 days absence per year Missing over a year of school over the time spent in primary education Extreme impact on learning and development Support and Enforce
Persistent Absence:
A child is persistent absent if they miss 10% or more of all possible school sessions regardless of whether the absence is authorised or unauthorised. Children persistently absent play catch-up with work, miss time and opportunity with friends, and miss out on clubs and extra-curricular activities (areas to apply learning).
Severe Absence:
Some pupils are absent more often than they attend. DfE class this as severe absence i.e. being absent for at least 50% of registration sessions. Severe absence remains rare: it affects less than 1% of pupils in primary schools.
The School Day
Registration time are as follows:
Nursery:
Morning Session – 8:30am – 11:30am
Afternoon Session 12:15pm – 3:15pm
School:
Gates open at 8:20am for children to enter school.
Registration is at 8:30am.
The Primary day ends at 3pm.
Punctuality
After the above times the registers will close. If a child arrives in school up to 15 minutes after this time then a late mark will be recorded in the register (L). Registers will be closed at this point and any children arriving more than 15 minutes late will be recorded as (U) which is a late after registers close mark and this is classed as an unauthorised absence (a number of these marks can also contribute to more formal action being considered).
Amount late each morning:
5 minutes – 25 minutes lost learning every week – over 1 day lost learning every term
10 minutes – 10 minutes lost learning every week – over 2 days of lost learning every term
Parent Support Advisor/Attendance Manager
Please get in touch if with Miss Simpson, who is our PSA on 01388 814860 if you would like any support or information.
Holidays in Term Time
Recent changes to regulations, which have been introduced by the Department for Education, note that ‘Headteachers will no longer be able to grant pupils a leave of absence for the purpose of a family holiday during term time.’