Every year we strive to achieve excellent attendance and punctuality for our children.

We reward excellent attendance on a weekly basis by having class winners, half-termly rewards for 100% attendance and a big end of year award. Good attendance for your child leads to excellent progress in learning and that’s what we want for your children.

Poor attendance can result in your child missing their education and falling behind in their learning.

In extreme cases of poor attendance, it can be deemed as neglect.

Government policies say that any child having attendance at 90% or below is deemed a Persistent Absentee. This will lead to legal prosecution if there is no future improvement in your child’s attendance. To avoid this for our parents, we will be monitoring attendance very closely and those children who are in danger of becoming a Persistent Absentee will be contacted by school and their attendance monitored.

To avoid this please ensure your child’s attendance is at an acceptable level: Avoid taking holidays in term time. If your child is ill, contact school on 0191 605 3407.

If your child is persistently LATE for school, Government policy dictates that legal action could also be taken. Please ensure your child is in our school yard by 8:50 am, ready to enter our school for 8.55 am. If you are running late, please contact school.

Thank you for your co-operation on these matters. We look forward to working with you so that your child receives the best education possible.