Attendance update:

We recently had a visit from our school Educational Welfare Officer and she was delighted with the attendance of the pupils at Broadford. Our target is 95%, and in a term where coughs and chest infections can run riot, our score is 96.07%... brilliant! This is a result of our parents who ensure that the children are ready and organized in the morning and our staff who work hard to make school a welcoming, fun and stimulating place to be.

However… the number of minutes we are losing through lateness is something we could improve. The evidence we collect daily on every child who is late shows that a lot of curriculum time is being lost. Please have a look at the numbers below. Have you ever said “Don’t worry we’re only 5mins late”…
If you are late by 5 mins every day it soon adds up. Over a year, that five minutes adds up to 3 weeks of maths lessons your child would have missed out on:

Per day 5 mins

Per week  25 mins

Per month 100 mins

Per school year 950 mins... which is the same as 3 weeks of maths lessons!