If your child is late, you need to report to the office upon arrival to sign your child in and we will make sure that they are registered in school and for school lunch. If you know you are going to be late, please call the school office to let us know if possible.

If your child is absent from school for any reason, you are required to inform the school of this as soon as possible and by no later than 9.30am on the first day of absence, where this is reasonably practicable. The nature of illness and expected date of return will be required. Telephone calls are taken from 8.30am daily. Our answer machine is on 24 hours, so the message facility is available at all times and these are checked first thing each morning. 

Procedures are followed to ensure that all absences are accounted for in a prompt and efficient manner, and for safeguarding and educational reasons we follow up all unexplained absences if we have not received a message by 9.30am. Lateness will be recorded in the register and if lateness follows a persistent pattern or occurs frequently the Headteacher will be in touch to look at how we can improve lateness or attendance issues.

If school has no had contact explaining an absence from a parent or carer by 9.30 and we have exhausted all options to make contact with a parent or carer, we will take further action, via a home visit in the first instance or contacting social services or the police.

We have a duty of care to know where our children are and that they are safe. So please work with us on this and ensure that any lateness or absences are reported quickly and with as much information as possible, via phone, answering machine or email.