Attendance & Punctuality
Good attendance is vital if your child is to achieve their full potential, we monitor attendance daily and we actively encourage excellent attendance by having weekly awards. Children are expected to attend school every day unless they are seriously ill. If your child becomes ill, or has an accident during the school day we will contact you. Please make sure that your emergency contact numbers are up to date at all times. Any child whose attendance falls below 90% will be referred monitored closely and further action taken. Term time holidays are not permitted and could result in fines being issued, please see the school Attendance Policy. All requests for leave of absence should be made in writing using the form at the end of the attendance policy.
West Yorkshire Police Truancy Policy
Lateness
School starts promtly at 8.50am and children should be in their classrooms, ready to learn at this time. Being late for school makes it hard for your child to learn. If children are 30 minutes late each day, it means they are missing half a day of learning every week. Punctuality gets the day off to a good start, establishes positive patterns for the future, helps your child develop, make and keep friends, leads to self-confidence and success and is good training for adult life and work. Lateness gets the day off to a bad start can be embarrassing for your child, may damage your child’s confidence, can damage your child’s achievement and disrupts learning for everyone. BEING ON TIME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON TO LEARN!
Medical Appointments
Should children need to visit the clinic or hospital, please irequest the leave of absence via the school office, showing the appointment card; Routine appointments to the opticians, dentists, etc... should take place out of school time unless it is an emergency. Parents must collect children who need to visit the hospital or clinic during the day from the main reception.
The School Day
Our school day starts at 8.50am promptly.
Entrance doors will be opened between 8.40am and 8.45am to allow children to be thier classrooms ready to learn at 8.50am. This also allows the school registers to be taken promptly so that we can follow up on any absences in line with our safeguarding and first day calling procedures.
Main School Times
08.50-12.00 Morning sessions
12.00-1.00pm Lunchtime
1.00-3.25pm Afternoon session
Nursery Times
Nursery Morning Session 8.50 am - 11.50am
Nursery Afternoon session 12.25pm - 3.25pm