Attendance
At Lawley Primary School we place great importance on good attendance and punctuality.
It is important that your child gets to school on time and aims for 100% attendance! We know that a child’s attendance has a direct impact on their learning. Those children who are regularly absent from school and frequently late do not achieve their potential and can fall behind in class.
Please support the school and your children, by ensuring that your child attends school ready to learn, every day, by 8.45am. Once a pupil is registered at a school, parents/carers are legally responsible for making sure they attend regularly. We have robust systems in place to support families and pupils in achieving this goal.
Reporting Absence
If a pupil is going to be absent, this must be reported each day they are absent by calling the school on 01952 388410.
Non-Attendance
If a child is identified as having low attendance, letters expressing concern will be sent out asking parents/carers to get in touch. The school will examine any issues that may be causing poor attendance and draw up an action plan to improve the situation.
The School Day
Registers close at 8.55am. Any child arriving after this time, but before 9.25am will be marked as late. Children will need to be brought to the main School Office and signed in. Any child arriving after this time will marked as unauthorised.
Lost Learning due to Poor Attendance
The chart below identifies the possible amount of lost learning due to poor attendance. How does your child compare?
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Attendance during the school year
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Equals this number of days absent
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Which is approx this many weeks absent
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Which means this number of lessons missed
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90%
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19 days
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4 weeks
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100 lessons
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80%
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38 days
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8 weeks
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200 lessons
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70%
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57 days
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11.5 weeks
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290 lessons
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Frequent absence can add up to a considerable amount of lost learning and can seriously disadvantage your child in adult life.
Nationally primary pupil attendance is around 96%. This means that a child needs to attend school for at least 177 out of 190 days to meet national expectations.
Promoting Attendance and Support
We believe that working together with parents and carers is the best way to result in positive attendance outcomes for our children.
We promote good attendance and punctuality with the children in our school.
Certificates are given termly in recognition of good or better attendance.
We also have a weekly class attendance competition with the winning class being awarded the school attendance trophy to proudly display. Also keep an eye on our school Facebook page to see special announcements and information about attendance.
Our Pupil and Family Support Officer and our Attendance Lead are happy to work with both children and families to improve attendance and punctuality. Please contact school if you would like some support or advice to improve your child’s attendance.
Request a Leave of Absence
Parents should always apply to the Headteacher for any request for leave in term time by completing a request form – click here. (DFE guidance states schools should not authorise leave retrospectively so any leave in term time taken without a request being submitted will be unauthorised absence). Each application for leave in term time will be considered and if it is agreed and authorised the Headteacher will determine the duration of any leave. However. If the application is not agreed and the absence occurs the dates will be unauthorised. Parents will be notified of any decision in writing. This notification may be hand delivered directly to the parent or posted to the parents’ home address.
To view the latest Attendance policy click here.
To view the latest Attendance changes click here.
The pupils have created their own Attendance posters to encourage good attendance at the school:
