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Attendance

At Overseal Primary School we are proud to offer a warm, inclusive, and supportive environment where every child will feel valued.

At Overseal our vision is We All Achieve. Good attendance of 96% or above we know gives children the best chance of achieving. Overseal Primary is extremely committed to helping children make the best possible progress with their education. To achieve, children need to attend school regularly and punctually. It is the parent’s legal responsibility to ensure that this happens. It is recognised that for illness or other exceptional reasons, children may occasionally have to be absent from school, but it needs to be made clear that in the interests of their education, children should only be kept off school if it is essential.

There are government guidelines for schools and nurseries about health protection and managing specific infectious diseases at GOV.UK. These say when children should be kept off school and when they shouldn't. Is my child too ill for school? - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Research shows that attendance and punctuality are the single most important factors in school success. Those children who are regularly absent from school and regularly late do not achieve their potential and do fall behind in class. Please support the school in this by ensuring that your child attends school regularly and arrives ready to learn and on time.

From 19th August 2024, the Department for Education (DfE) has made the Working Together to Improve School Attendance guidance statutory. This means that schools, local authorities, and other key partners are now legally required to follow the expectations set out within the guidance. The aim is to ensure a consistent, supportive, and effective approach to improving attendance for all pupils across the country. As a result, Overseal Primary School will follow these processes in full.

School do need to challenge parents who are not supporting their child(ren) attending school.

You MUST call school before 9.15am every day that your child is going to be absent.

We do not support holidays during term-time. Wherever possible, we would ask that medical appointments be made outside of the school day, although we understand that this is not always possible.

Your child only gets ONE chance at school, and your child’s future can be affected by not attending school regularly. Poor attendance can affect a child’s ability to make and keep friendships.

Why Do We Come To School?

To make friends
To access great learning
To enjoy educational visits
To learn about the wider world
To help me get a job when I’m older
To enjoy after school clubs
To develop valuable life skills
To prevent boredom
To be active and healthy
To learn new things
To improve mental health & wellbeing

If you need further support or advice regarding attendance, please contact Mr Proud our attendance champion or Mrs Borrington our Headteacher. Our school support children with Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA) please see our link below for our systems in school. We endeavour to work closely with families to understand an individual child's needs and to put swift support in place to help the child engage with learning and achieving.

Attendance matters! It is important that your child gets to school on time and aims for 100% attendance!