Good attendance is a significant factor in the progress a child makes at school. Research supports our own experience that, if a child’s attendance falls below 95% this is likely to have a negative impact on the child’s attainment.
Good attendance requires the active support and cooperation of parents and carers with the school. It is the result of working in partnership between the school, home and the Local Authority’s Attendance Improvement Unit.
School attendance registers are kept as required by law. The register is completed at the beginning of each morning and afternoon session and must show whether each pupil is present or absent at the time of registration.
If you wish your child to be excused from school, you should request permission from the Headteacher, giving a reason for the request. The Headteacher will reply, telling you whether or not the absence will be authorised.
All absences are coded according to the reason given for them.
Please note, although these are authorised absences, they still show on the child’s records as an absence.
Any unexplained absence is recorded as a parentally-condoned truancy. Therefore, you must inform the school as soon as possible of the reason for your child’s absence. If we have not been previously notified nor received a telephone message from you, the school will contact you. This is part of our monitoring process in the interests of the health and safety of the children. Subject to government policy, Headteachers will no longer have the right to authorise holidays during term time. Parents who insist on taking holidays will be fined. The Brigshaw Learning Partnership have an agreed policy for absences.
We particularly request that children in Key Stage 2 are not taken out of school during SATs week (usually around 2nd week in May). The SATs are statutory tests which cannot be repeated at any other time. Attendance is monitored by the DfE, Education Leeds and the Attendance Improvement Adviser. attendance.
Please make sure your child arrives at school on time. Children who arrive after 9.10am will be given a late mark. Lateness may be recorded as an unauthorised absence. It is important that children develop the habit of punctuality as this affects their attitude towards school. It can cause difficulties if a child misses the introduction to a lesson, and it disrupts the rest of the class when children come in late.
Please try to arrange medical appointments outside school time where possible. If you have to make a medical/dental appointment for your child during school hours, please try to give us at least a day’s notice. Please come into school to collect your child. Children arriving at/ leaving school outside of normal registration times, should be brought to the school office to sign in / out. Medical appointments register as an absence on your child’s attendance record.
A decision about any school closure (and re-opening) will be made before 8.30am and will be announced on our School Website, Twitter, Class Dojo and via text message. Should an emergency occur in school, an announcement will be made in the same way.
If the weather is very bad, staff will make every effort to get to school. It may not be possible to make the decision to close earlier than 8.30am so please understand that if you call the school before 8.30am, the decision to close may not yet have been taken.
The school uses a text messaging service which enables us to get messages to you promptly, for instance, about school closures or the cancelling of after-school clubs. It is, therefore, important that you keep us up to date with any change in your mobile phone number.
Tuesday 6 September to Friday 21 October
Monday 20 Feb to Friday 31 March
Wednesday 4 January to Friday 10 February
Monday 31 October to Friday 16 December
Monday 17 April to Friday 26 May
Christmas Holidays
Monday 19 December to Monday 2 January
Half Term
Monday 24 October to Friday 28 October
Half Term
Monday 13 February to Friday 17 February
Easter Holidays
Monday 3 April to Friday 14 April
Half Term
Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June
Summer Holidays
Wednesday 26 July to Friday 1 September
Monday 5 June to Tuesday 25 July
Here are our curricular plans for each class. This year we are currently on cycle B.
Success and Respect for All.
We exist to provide a cradle-to-career education that allows our children to enjoy lives of choice and opportunity.
Our pupils uphold our values by:
The below timetable applies to applications made to Leeds City Council. If you apply to another local authority, they may have different dates