At Newland St John's, we aim for all of our pupils to arrive on time and attend school every day.
Attendance
Research has shown that regular attendance and good punctuality are crucial factors in children achieving their full potential in education. At Newland St John’s, we work in partnership with parents and carers, seeking your full support in ensuring that your child attends school every day and on time. We are always pleased to work together with parents and carers in resolving any difficulties but we are also committed to improving attendance levels at the school.
The target attendance figure for all children is a minimum of 97% attendance. Based on current attendance figures, children will be placed in one of the following groups below.
Group 1: No Concern – Green Group
The child attends for 97% – 100% of the time.
Group 2: Concern – Yellow Group
The child attends for 96% – 96.9% of the time.
Group 3: Risk of Underachievement – Amber Group
The child attends for 94% – 95.9% of the time.
Group 4: Severe Risk of Underachievement – Pink Group
The child attends for 90% – 93.9% of the time.
Group 5: Extreme Risk of Underachievement – Red Group
The child attends for 0% – 89.9% of the time.
It is important that parents/carers monitor single days of absence, as these days soon add up to weeks.
Attendance Top Tips
- Ensure your child attends every day, on time, equipped and ready to learn. Lesson time begins at 09:00. Children can arrive from 08:45 when the doors open and must be on site by 08:55. Children arriving after 09:00 will be marked as late and children arriving after 09:15 will be marked absent and will require an explanatory note or the absence will remain un-authorised.
- Ensure the school has up-to-date addresses and telephone numbers. We will contact you if your child is absent and you have not contacted the school office. This ensures that the absence is quickly identified.
- If your child is ill, contact the academy on the first day of absence and provide an explanatory note on their return to school.
- If you wish to check that your child has arrived at the academy contact the school office. Our Admin team will be able to inform you if your child has been registered.
- If no contact is received regarding the absence, it is recorded as unauthorised. Ultimately the school is responsible for deciding if the absence is acceptable or not. Only genuine absence will be authorised. You will be asked to provide medical certificates if your child has a poor attendance record.
- Ensure that medical appointments are made outside of the school day.
- Avoid trivial absences such as, ‘buying new shoes’. This would not be accepted as a reasonable absence.
- Holidays should not be taken in academy time. Any Leave of Absence can only be agreed by the Principal and only agreed where there are exceptional circumstances.
- Respond to letters or telephone calls regarding attendance and punctuality.
- Contact your child’s class teacher if you are experiencing difficulty in getting your child into school.
Thank you for working in partnership with us to achieve the highest possible levels of attendance and punctuality at Newland St John’s CE Academy.
Get in touch
If you have any questions regarding attendance or absence, please don't hesitate to contact us.