Denaby Main Primary Academy Astrea Academy Trust
Good attendance is the key to enabling children to maximise the educational opportunities available to them and become emotionally resilient, confident and competent adults who are able to realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to their community.
We promote good attendance every week throughout the school including weekly celebrations and awards and half termly reward events, which the children really respond to and enjoy. We also celebrate good attendance with medals and trophies at the end of each year.
We monitor attendance closely and parents should notify school every day if their child is absent. If we do not hear from parents we will try to make contact and the Safeguarding Team may conduct home visits if no contact can be made.
LATE ARRIVAL AT SCHOOL
Our doors open at 8.45am in the morning. Children who arrive late can be unsettled and this may have a negative impact on their learning. If you arrive late, you must enter school through the main office and register your child through the Safeguarding team or office staff. At this point your child will order their dinner.
ABSENCES
It is important to let the school know about any absence. Please inform the school office before school starts, either via the My Child at School app, a telephone message or from 8:30am you can speak to a member of the Safeguarding and Attendance team. It is very important that you do this because the school has a duty of care to follow up on absences. If you are having difficulties with any aspect of attendance, we will offer support.
If you need to collect your child for any reason during the school day, please report to the main school office. Although medical and hospital appointments cannot always be avoided, to minimise disruption to your child’s education, it would be appreciated if you would try to arrange optician and dental appointments outside of school hours. If this is not possible, please remember to tell us before the time of absence, evidence will be asked for.
HOLIDAYS IN TERM TIME
By law, Principals cannot grant any leave of absence to pupils during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Exceptional Circumstances are defined by the DfE to mean very rare, unusual or unforeseeable circumstances.
- The academy considers each application for term-time absence individually, considering the specific facts, circumstances, and relevant context behind the request. A leave of absence is granted entirely at the Principal’s discretion. Denaby Main Primary Academy do not authorise any term time holidays in line with national guidance.
- All parents/carers must complete a leave of absence form at least two weeks in advance and may be invited in the academy to discuss with a member of the attendance team.
- Extended leave of absence is considered to be absences that extend beyond two weeks. Parents/ carers will be invited into the academy for a meeting to discuss these requests.
- Taking leave in term time will affect pupil’s education as much as any other absence and we expect parents to support the academy by not taking pupil’s away in term time.
- The National Penalty Notice Framework will be followed and may be issued for unauthorised leave of absence, such as holidays.
EMERGENCIES
Parents are asked to ensure that we are kept informed about any changes of contact details. It is vital we can contact someone during the school day should your child become ill or has an accident. We ask you to give us alternative emergency number (in line with Safeguarding polcies) in case we are unable to contact you. Similarly, if someone else is picking up your child, please let school know in advance.
Please click on the links below for more information about attendance at Denaby Main.
School Attendance Matters – Good Housekeeping