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Attendance Attendance Policy At North Leigh we believe that regular attendance is the best way of making sure your child makes progress and does well. When children are absent they miss not only the teaching provided, but are less well prepared for lessons on their return. They miss important information for future lessons and this can impact on progress, attainment and self-esteem. Attendance Champion: Elizabeth Mason Contact: assistanthead@north-leigh.oxon.sch.uk DfE's Guide for parents on school attendance NHS: Is my Child too ill for school? DfE: School attendance and absence Every school day counts
Days off school add up to lost learning!  Absence There are two types of absence: authorised and unauthorised. Authorised absence includes:
Unauthorised absence includes:
Sickness If your child is ill and cannot attend school then you should inform the office via email or telephone by 9am on the first day of absence and give some indication of the expected day of return. We recognise that there will be occasions when children are too unwell to attend school, but ask that parents do not keep children off unnecessarily. Remember if your child is too unwell to cope with the school day we will always contact you. Please also be aware that HPA Guidance states that children suffering from digestive illness should be kept away from school for 48 hours following the last bout of vomiting or diarrhoea. Holidays in Term Time From September 2013, The Department for Education made amendments to the regulations with regard to school attendance and headteachers in all schools will no longer be allowed to authorise leave of absence for any family holidays. Since September 2013, headteachers have not been allowed to grant any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances and the number of days authorised for this would be determined by the headteacher (DFE Guidance June 2013). Any leave of absence requests can only be authorised by the headteacher in exceptional circumstances. Should parents take their child on holiday regardless, then this will be counted as unauthorised absence. Penalty Notice for term time holidays plus FAQs To apply for a leave of absence, please complete and return the form below to the school office. Request for leave of absence form: this download is available as MS Word (.doc) and Adobe pdf: Application Form for Leave Due to Exceptional Circumstances Application Form for Leave Due to Exceptional Circumstances Statutory Information regarding Penalty Notices for Unauthorised Absences including Term-Time Holidays Statutary Information re Penalty Notices (unauthorised absences) Request for leave of absence in exceptional circumstances form Request for leave of absence in exceptional circumstances form Punctuality North Leigh School day starts at 8.40am (gates are open from 8.30am) when class teachers collect their class from the playground. If you arrive after your child's class have gone into school, please take your child to the front office where a member of staff will ensure your child goes to their class promptly. Registers are closed at 9.00am. Children arriving after this time are marked as an unauthorised absence (unless they are arriving with an authorised reason). The school's leadership team will follow up unauthorised absence for late arrival with parents so that together we can support improvement resulting in consistent punctuality. Continued unauthorised absences for late arrival can result in a referral to the County Attendance Team. Parents are responsible for getting children to school on time. Arriving late, even by only a few minutes, means children have an unsettled start to the day and their learning and that of other children is disrupted. |
| Minutes late during the school year | Equals days worth of teaching lost in a year |
| 5 Minutes | 3.4 Days |
| 10 Minutes | 6.9 Days |
| 15 Minutes | 10.3 Days |
| 20 Minutes | 13.8 Days |
| 30 Minutes | 20.7 Days |
At North Leigh our school day starts at 8.40am, please ensure that children arrive punctually.
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North Leigh C of E Primary School
Park Road North Leigh Witney OX29 6SS 01993 881525 email office.3128@north-leigh.oxon.sch.uk |