Our approach towards positive attendance habits

We have a target for your child's attendance of 97%. We are passionate about the positive impact upon your child's academic and social development of positive habits of school attendance. 

Where we have concerns about attendance, we work with parents and carers to identify and break down barriers to positive habits of attendance. This includes letters for information and parental attendance support meetings.

Please see our Policies page for the School Trust Attendance Policy. 

Helpful information for parents

Please find below a general information leaflet. 

This information is shared along with your child's individual attendance 3 times a year and in our end of year report to parents. 

Reporting an absence

If your child is ill, we ask that you inform the school office by phone and select option one. You can also report an absence via the parent Arbor app. 

For Beckington please phone 01373 830438

For Mells please phone 01373 830438.

If your call is not answered, please leave an answerphone message. We ask that a clear reason is given for the absence.

Please do not email the school to report an absence.

Medical appointments or absences

We ask that parents and carers make best endeavours to schedule appointments outside of the school day.

Please inform us of any appointments or medical absences which will impact your child's attendance.

As part of our attendance policy, we ask that proof of appointments are provided to the school.

Request for term-time absence

We recognise that there will be occasional exceptional circumstances where children will need to take term-time absences.

Please ask at reception for a term-time leave form that will need completing and returning. 

Please note that we are unable to authorise holidays unless they are for a very small number of exceptional circumstances.