Attendance – Additional Information (September 2021)
Attendance
At Wilmslow High School great emphasis is placed on the importance of good attendance. Students need to be present in school to maximise their individual opportunities for fulfilling potential.
Good attendance is seen as an achievement in its own right, with rewards given either individually or within tutor groups. Students achieving 100% attendance over specified periods are eligible to be entered into termly draws with exceptional prizes and also receive certificates each term to mark this achievement.
Detailed below are the procedures in place to ensure that registers accurately reflect a student’s attendance record. Parent/Carer assistance in adhering to these guidelines is much appreciated.
am registration
- All students must attend AM registration in their Form Rooms at 08.45 to receive an attendance mark for the morning session.
- Any student arriving after 09.05 must sign in at Student Services.
- Any student arriving after 08.45, but before 09.15, without a good reason, will receive a late mark – which can lead to a referral.
- Any student arriving after 09.15, without a good reason, will receive a late after registration has closed mark – which can lead to a referral and which is also classed as an unauthorised absence (please see below for implications of unauthorised absence).
- All students must be present in PM registration in their Form Rooms at 15.00 to receive an attendance mark for the afternoon session.
- Any student leaving school during the hours of 08.45 and 15.10 (close of day) must sign out at Student Services and provide written evidence for the reason.
- Any student returning to school on the same day, must sign back in at Student Services.
- If a student is to be absent from school because of illness, a Parent/Carer should contact school each day of the absence – initially to advise the reason and thereafter, on each day, to confirm that the student continues to be unwell
- If a student is absent without reason, a truancy text seeking explanation will be sent out daily
- If a student is to be absent from school for a medical appointment, a Parent/Carer should contact school in advance to detail and confirm the appointment
- Any absence which has not been advised by a Parent/Carer, and which remains unaccounted for, will be recorded as unauthorised (please see below for implications of unauthorised absence)
- The Education Welfare Officer carefully monitors unauthorised absence, any accumulation of which can lead to the issue of a Fixed Penalty Notice (please see below for details of Fixed Penalty Notices )
- Permission from the Headteacher will not generally be given for students to go on holiday during term time.
- At Wilmslow High School we take our responsibility regarding the safeguarding of our students seriously. For this reason the guidelines above have been established in order that we can, at any time, account for a student’s whereabouts
Taking children on holiday in term time and potential consequences of unexplained absence
Penalties for unauthorised absence | ||
Timeline | One child | Two children |
Paid within 21 days | £60 per parent/guardian | £60 per child = £120 per parent |
After 21 days and before 28 days | £120 per parent/guardian | £120 per child = £240 per parent |
After 28 days | You will receive a summons to appear in the Magistrates’ Court on the grounds that you have failed to secure you child‘s regular attendance. | You will receive a summons to appear before the Magistrates’ Court on the grounds that you have failed to secure your children‘s regular attendance. |