Attendance
Being on time is vital. Arriving late at school is very disruptive for your child, the teacher and the other children in the class.
- Attending school every day = 100% attendance
- Attending 4 ½ days a week = 90% attendance = 19 days or 4 weeks missed per year
- Attending 4 days a week = 80% attendance = 38 days missed which is more than half a term missed per year or 2 full years missed over the course of a child’s school career.
- Attending 3 ½ days each week = 70% attendance = 57 days missed which is more than a quarter of the school year missed
- Average attendance of 80% or less across a child’s school career means a child misses up to 2 whole years from school.
Being late for school reduces learning time.
If a child is 5 minutes late every day, they will miss three days of learning each year.
If a child is 15 minutes late every day, they will miss 2 weeks of learning each year.
Holidays During Term Time
Government and London Borough of Southwark guidance is that no holidays should be taken during term-time, our governors support this and as such, the school will not authorise any holidays during term time. If there are exceptional circumstances that require your child to be absent from school for a short period of time, please ask for a Absence Request form from the school office at least two weeks prior.
Please see our attendance leaflet for more information.
