• We believe it is vitally important to attend school regularly and on time
• This gives the best opportunity for each student to progress and achieve their full potential
• Regular school attendance keeps students safe
• Poor attendance decreases life chances and student outcomes
• A child is twice as likely to get 5 good GCSE’s at Grade 5+ with an attendance of >96%

The government expects schools and local authorities to:

• Promote good attendance and reduce absence, including persistent absence (students attending less than 90% of the time)
• Ensure every child has access to full time education to which they are entitled
•  Act early to address patterns of poor attendance and
• Parents to perform their legal duty by ensuring their children of compulsory school age, who are registered at school, attend regularly

• It is the responsibility of parents and carers to ensure that their child attends school every day and on time
•  Students who arrive late to school (after the 8.25am bell) will have to sign in with a member of staff at the main gate. (8.45am on Wednesday)
• Each late mark to morning registration or to a lesson will incur a C1 – Lateness to school 
• Students will receive a sanction depending on the number of lates occurred in a week. 
• If a student arrives after 8.45am, they will be issued with a C2 detention Lateness to school  and a phone call home will be made the same day. 
• Our Year Teams will work with parents to overcome barriers which prevent students arriving on time