Attendance
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery seeks to ensure that all its pupils receive a full-time education which maximises opportunities for each pupil to realise his/her true potential.
The academy will strive to provide a welcoming, caring environment, whereby each member of the school community feels wanted and secure.
All academy staff will work with pupils and their families to ensure each pupil attends school regularly and punctually.
The academy will establish an effective system of incentives and rewards that acknowledges the efforts of pupils to improve their attendance and timekeeping and will challenge the behaviour of those pupils and parents who give low priority to attendance and punctuality.
To meet these objectives SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery will establish an effective and efficient system of communication with pupils, parents and appropriate agencies to provide mutual information, advice and support.
Principal: Mrs J. Byrne
Senior Attendance Champion: Mrs J Byrne
Office Staff (Attendance Day to Day): Mrs Thomson and Mrs Coates
Safeguarding and Attendance Link Governor: Mrs J. Heaney
Punctuality
Pupils can come into school from 8.35am and the school day starts promptly at 8.50am.
If a child arrives at school after 8.50am without prior arrangements having been agreed, he/she will be deemed late. Registers close at 9.00 am and arrival at school after this time, without prior approval or extenuating circumstances, will be recorded as an unauthorised absence.
Pupils arriving at school after 8.50am must enter through the main gates and report to the school office to be signed in by an adult. Pupils leaving school for any reason must report to the office before they go so that we can ensure that they are appropriately chaperoned and signed out. Registers are also taken when the children return to classes after lunch.
Unexplained absences will be investigated by the Senior Attendance Champion.
Policies & Procedures
Please view our Attendance Policy here.
Leave of Absence Procedures
As detailed in our Attendance Policy and in line with the DFE guidance, we do not authorise leave of absence during term other than when exceptional circumstances permit. If you wish to take your child out of school, during term time. It is important to discuss this with us as much in advance as possible so we can guide you through the process.
However, where absence is unauthorised, it could lead to further action being taken including a penalty notice being issued. Department for Education information
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