We will be awarding our autumn term attendance Bronze attendance certificates today to those children who have had 100% attendance for the autumn term. Well done to those children receiving them.
Every child will also bring home a copy of their attendance data for the autumn term.
In addition, children whose attendance is below 90% will bring home a letter. A different letter will be sent home with children whose attendance is 95% or below.
Whilst we understand that there can be many reasons why children can be absent from school, particularly at a time when some illnesses are on the rise in the community, good school attendance is nevertheless vital for all children.
Our categorization of attendance rates is set out below:
| Above 97.9% | Good attendance | |
| 95% – 97.9% | At risk of poor attendance | |
| 90.1 – 94.9% | Poor attendance | |
| 90% or below | Persistent non attendance |
The Department for Education’s preferred approach to tackling absence is:
‘Listen, understand, empathise and support – but do not tolerate.’
