The school opens at 8.45am and the children can go straight into their classes. The register will be taken at 9.00am every morning and children arriving after the register is taken, will receive a late attendance mark. Pupils arriving after 9.15, and with no valid explanation, will receive an unauthorised absence.

Children often feel embarrassed about entering a class late, they will have missed vital instructions or the start of a lesson.

The end of our school day is 3.25pm. 

Holidays

Taking holidays in term time will affect learning as much as any other absence and we expect parents to help us by not taking children away in school time.

There is no automatic entitlement in law to time off in school time to go on holiday. Holidays in term time will not be authorised other than in the most exceptional.

Illness and Other Legitimate Reasons
If a pupil is unfit for school, parents are asked, if possible, to contact the school on the first day of absence by 9.15 am. In exceptional circumstances, further evidence of a child’s illness, such as a doctor’s note, may be requested. Other reasons for absence must be discussed with the school each time; notes will not necessarily be accepted as providing valid reasons. It is not appropriate for the school to authorise absences for shopping, the child’s birthday, day trips, etc. Leave may, however, be granted in an emergency (e.g. bereavement) or for dance/music examinations or medical appointments which take place during school time. The school may ask to see evidence, such as an appointment letter.
 

If a pupil is absent and there is no explanation for the absence on their return (or after a few days in the instance of a longer term absence) the school will telephone the parent seeking the reason for the absence.