At St Oswald’s our aim is to encourage and assist all pupils to achieve excellent levels of punctuality. We aim to ensure that all our pupils receive a full time education which maximises opportunities for each pupil to realise their true potential.

We will strive to provide a warm, welcoming and caring environment whereby each member of the community feels wanted and secure.

All school staff will work with pupils and their families to ensure each pupil attends school regularly and punctually. Children who are persistently late or absent soon fall behind with their learning. Children who are absent from school frequently develop large gaps in their learning which will impact on their progress and their ability to meet age related expectations. A child whose attendance drops to 90% each year will over their time at Primary School have missed two whole terms of learning.

We will all establish an effective system of incentives and rewards which acknowledges the efforts of pupils to improve their attendance and time keeping and will challenge the behaviour of those pupils who give low priority to attendance and punctuality; this is of paramount importance in ensuring that all children have full access to education

Aims

• To improve the overall percentage and attendance rate of all pupils at school.
• To make attendance and punctuality a priority for all stakeholders.
• To ensure an effective monitoring system is established; to provide support advice and guidance to parents.
• To improve pupil’s achievement by ensuring high levels of attendance and punctuality.
• To develop positive and consistent communication between home and school.
• To raise awareness of parents, carers and pupils of the importance of uninterrupted attendance and punctuality at every stage of a child’s education.
• To promote effective partnerships with the Education Welfare support service and with other service and agencies.
• To promote a positive and welcoming atmosphere in which pupils feel safe secure and valued and encourage in pupils a sense of their own responsibility.

Please continue to the Policy for further information.

Attendance Monitoring by School 

The school monitors attendance carefully. If a child’s attendance falls below 90%, the school will make contact with the child’s parents. If improvements are not made, then the Head teacher Mrs Wood will contact them for support.

Punctuality is also monitored closely. Again, the school will be in contact with parents if children are regularly late. The school gates will open for both the KS1 and KS2 playgrounds at 8:45am. The doors to EYFS/KS1/KS2 open at 8:45am and close promptly at 8.55am. All late arrivals must repot to the Main School Office.