At The Whiteoak Academies, attendance matters.

When the school, parents and pupils are working together to maximise attendance, this helps to foster positive relationships, high self-esteem, continuity of study and high achievement.

The law says that as a parent/carer, you must ensure that your child receives a full-time education. This means your child must attend every day unless there is a very good reason. 

The world is run by those who turn up!

~ Robert B. Johnson ~

Full attendance is a critical factor in ensuring positive educational outcomes for pupils at The Whiteoak Academies. We all actively promote and encourage 100% attendance for all pupils.  To do this, we ask that all children are in school, on time, every day.

Our school gives high priority to emphasising to parents and pupils the importance of regular and punctual attendance. We recognise parents/carers have a vital role to play and that there is a need for a strong home school link and open communication that can be utilised whenever there is a concern over attendance. If you wish to discuss your child's attendance please do get in touch with our school Attendance Officer - Mrs Reyes.

 

 

If your child is unwell, please...

• Report your child's absence using STUDYBUGS.  Please try to do this before 9am each day of absence
• Please send a clear description of their illness (it’s important for us to track any occurring illness in a class / year group)

If we don’t hear from you, the school office will...

• Send an automated STUDYBUGS message.
• Call the child’s priority 1 contact.
• If we don’t get through to you, we will leave a voice message/request a call back.
• If we don’t hear back from you we may need to contact the police or children’s social care in order to ensure your child is safe and well.
• Your child’s absence may be marked as unauthorised in accordance with our LSP Attendance Policy and DFE Guidance  ‘Working together to improve school attendance’
• If your child attends a medical appointment of any kind, the school office needs to see a copy of that appointment.  This will be noted on your child’s attendance record.

Running late…

• The register closes at 9.00am.
• Any child arriving after 9.00am must report to the school office.
• The minutes late will be logged in the child’s attendance register.
• Arriving late is really unsettling for children and disruptive to the rest of the class. Please help us to have a great start to the day by arriving by 8:55am. If your child arrives at school after the classroom doors are shut, you need to sign them in at the office using our electronic signing in system. 

Absence request ...

• Parents occasionally ask about taking their child out from school during term time for a family holiday. We hope that whenever possible parents will arrange their holidays to fit in the school academic timetable. It is a school policy NOT to authorise ANY holiday during term time, unless there are VERY EXCEPTIONAL circumstances. Should you need to request time off school for an unavoidable cause please complete the Absence Request Form which is available from the school office.