Regular and punctual attendance is key to ensuring your child is able to make the most of the opportunities available at school.

Attendance

When it is necessary for children to be absent from school, parents are asked to telephone school to let us know and explain the reason for the absence.

In terms of safeguarding, if we are not informed of the absence by 9.00am,

we will text to ask you the reason why, and if necessary we will ring the child’s home.

If we still have no contact from you, the Attendance Officer will try to visit your home and the child will be marked with an unauthorised absence. If your child is absent for more than three days please ring school with an update. The Head Teacher should be notified as soon as possible in the case of prolonged or serious illness or accident.

Instructions from the Department for Education state that an absence is unauthorised if the school is not notified of the reason for it or if the school does not grant permission for the absence. Unauthorised absences are recorded on the child’s report.  

We use a Traffic Light system to identify pupils’ attendance and discuss individual cases on a weekly basis. Where children have sound reasons for absence, there is no intervention. However, where children are beginning to fall into unacceptable patterns of attendance, we refer to our Family Support Worker or Attendance Officer.  

The Attendance Officer will visit the parents if we have concerns over attendance. We expect all children to arrive on time for school (8.50am) except in exceptional circumstances, and therefore set a 99% punctuality target.  

If your child has any kind of medical appointment, please let us know in advance, as it can be marked as an authorised absence. Please be aware that medical appointments will effect your child’s overall attendance. A form should be completed at least 24 hours prior to the appointment. 

Absence during term-time has the potential to interrupt continuity of teaching and learning, as well as disrupt the educational progress of individual children. Kingston Park Primary School aims to minimise the amount of time lost to term time absence which actively discourages parents from arranging periods of absence during term time unless in exceptional circumstances.

Holidays

Please note that holidays taken during term time will not be authorised.

SMART Attendance Awards

Each term SMART celebrates the school with the best attendance.  Schools with the most improved attendance are also acknowledged. 

Attendance Policy 

Our Attendance policy can be found in the Safeguarding and Policy section. 

Postcards

Each term attendance postcards will be sent home showing your child's attendance for the entire half term. There are 5 different postcards your child can receive:

Gold

The gold postcard is for children who have achieved 100% attendance for the half term. This means that your child was in school every day!

Green

The green postcard is for children who had attendance of 96% or above for the half term. This means your child only missed a couple of days at school or even just a morning or afternoon. 

Amber

The amber postcard is for children who had attendance of between 91% and 95% attendance. This means your children missed several days of school during the half term.

Red

The red postcard is for children who had attendance of below 90%. This means your child missed a significant amount of days from school and have missed out on crucial learning.

Blue

The blue postcard is for children who have missed numerous days of school due to a medical condition or for children with Special Educational Needs who can't regularly attend school. The blue postcard encourages children to keep trying their best to attend school wherever possible. 

Weekly Attendance Certificates & Assembly 

Each week the class with the highest attendance for the preceding week will receive a certificate which will be displayed in the class area.