Attendance
At Castle View Primary School, attendance is one of our main priorities. We all want children to attend school, wherever possible, in order for them to thrive in their learning. We appreciate that building good relationships with parents/carers is imperative to children attending school so that we can support families in our local area. We know that children at our school have a passion for learning and we understand that they need to attend school to achieve this.
It is important that children have regular attendance at school. It is essential that students do not take days off where this can be avoided. Even having 95% attendance means having up to 9 days off from school (18 sessions), where children could miss up to 54 hours of learning.
Children are required by law to attend school from the start of the term following their fifth birthday. Some children may be admitted earlier, as part of the policy of the Local Education Authority. Children are admitted to school in the September after they reach their fourth birthday.
This chart shows the number of hours that your child would be missing in school in relation to their attendance data.
Please only keep your child at home if they are too ill to be able to attend school and please inform school for the reason for the absence. Please use the following information to make a judegment on whether or not your child should attend school.
We do not authorise holidays taken in term times. Holidays taken in term time may lead to you being fined by the Education Welfare Team.
If we identify children who are showing as persistently absent, our attendance lead will contact these parents and offer support wherever possible.
If you have any concerns or questions regarding Attendance. Please speak to the School Office and ask to speak to our Attendance Lead, who will be able to support and answer any questions you may have.
