As we start the new school academic year for 2013/14, we would like to take this opportunity of providing you with clarification regarding the above.
For your child to fulfill their full potential, it is essential for them to attend school punctually every day. Statistics show that children with poor attendance throughout their school life achieve less in both primary and secondary schools. A child with an attendance percentage of 90% or below is considered by the Local Authority to be a poor attendee. Good attendance leads to good attainment.
· At Broadford children are welcome to come to breakfast club from 8am Monday to Friday. Children are allowed into their classrooms from 8.30am, all classrooms are staffed from this time onwards.
· Registration takes place from 8.50am. If your child arrives after this time they will receive a late mark. Teaching starts at 8.55am.
· Registration closes at 9.20am, if your child arrives after this time an unauthorised mark is given for that session, the amount of minutes late and the reason for lateness is recorded.
· The educational welfare officer meets on a regular basis with the school to review attendance and punctuality. Should a child’s attendance for whatever reason falls below 95%, their attendance and punctuality will be monitored. In the event of attendance continuing to fall, the school and the authority will require medical evidence for each and every absence. If evidence is not received the absence will be recorded as unauthorised.
· Poor attendance and persistent lateness will be referred to the Education Welfare Officer.
Medical/ Dental Appointments
Missing registration for a medical or dental appointments is counted as an authorized absence. Appointments should be made out of school hours or during the holiday period, where this is not possible, the pupil should only be out of school for the minimum amount of time necessary for the appointment.
Holidays
Other than the reasons outlined below, all holiday absences will be unauthorized. In line with the LA code of conduct, unauthorized holiday requests will be referred to the Educational Welfare Officer, who may issue a Penalty Notice to each parent for each child taken out of school.
· Exceptional circumstances may apply to: service personnel
· Close family crisis or bereavement
· Parents who have no choice on their holiday entitlement (evidence from employer required)
End of the School day Collection
The school day ends at 3.15pm, Children should be collected promptly at this time from their classrooms. The School appreciates that on occasions parent/carers may be delayed for whatever reason in collecting child(ren). In this event, we would respectfully request that you contact the school to advise us of the situation.
The school has a duty of care to all its pupils, should a child persistently be collected late, the school will have no alternative but to advise the educational welfare officer and other agencies of this matter.
For children that have not been collected by 3.25pm, you will need to go to Pine class to collect your child(ren) and provide a reason for late collection. All after school clubs terminate at 4.15. Once again, if a child is not collected promptly at this time the school reserves the right to exclude this pupil from after school clubs and furthermore, as a duty of care, will report any persistent late collections to the relevant organizations.
Only in exceptional circumstances and by prior arrangement with the Headteacher will parent/carers be allowed to collect their children from the school office.
Parent/Carers should collect their children from the classroom areas via the playground. You will need to leave the school site via the playground exit. For reasons of Security, Health and Safety, you will not be allowed to cut through the office to either collect or exit the school site.
Should you wish to discuss any of the points in this letter, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. M. Drakes
Headteacher
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