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Attendance / Absence

Good attendance and punctuality start at primary school where the foundations of learning skills and knowledge are developed and pupils’ own attitudes towards the importance of school are acquired.

  • If your child has 90% attendance, it means that they were absent from lessons for the equivalent of one half day every week.
  • 90% attendance over 5 years means a child has missed nearly one half of a school year.
  • 90% attendance means your child has missed the equivalent of 4 whole weeks of lessons in the school year.
  • 10 minutes late every day is 6 and a half days lost in a school year.

Click here to view Government guidance on School Attendance and Absence. 

Penalty Notice Fines for School Attendance are changing from 19th August 2024 - see attached document for full information. 

 

  1. Bacton Attendance Policy March 2023
    PDF File
  2. Children_Missing_Education_-_statutory_guidance
    PDF File
  3. JMAT-Absence-Request-Form-for-pupils
    PDF File
  4. Summary-of-New-National-Framework-for-Penalty-Notices
    PDF File
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