Attendance

Attendance Policy: Rivacre Attendance Policy

Improving attendance is everyone’s business. The barriers to accessing education are wide and complex, both within and beyond the school gates, and are often specific to individual pupils and families. The foundation of securing good attendance is that school is a calm, orderly, safe, and supportive environment where all pupils want to be and are keen and ready to learn

Some pupils find it harder than others to attend school and therefore at all stages of improving attendance, schools and partners should work with pupils and parents to remove any barriers to attendance by building strong and trusting relationships and working together to put the right support in place.

We all know good attendance, when registered at school, is essential for pupils’ learning and attainment and opens up more opportunities for their future.

If your child is absent or going to be late for any reason, please inform the school before 8.45am so class teachers know of the reason for absence before the registration period. The attendance line number is: 0151 832 7602 and can be found at the bottom of the school website. You can aslo use the ArborApp to inform school of an absence or email [email protected]

Every day at school counts

The evidence is clear - even a few days of missed school can have a significant impact on a child's education and future prospects. 

At primary school, children who attend school nearly every day (95-100% attendance) are 30% more likely to reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths compared to similar pupils who attend 90-95% of the time.  

Missing school doesn't just affect exam results and a child’s time in education – it can impact future earnings too.  Persistently absent pupils (attendance below 90%) in school could earn £10,000 less at age 28 compared to pupils with near-perfect attendance. 

To improve attendance in our school, every child has an attendance tracker card which they keep in class.

At the end of each week, if their attendance is in the green zone (96% or above), they will get a sticker. If they cover all of the circles by the end of the term, they will receive a prize. Parents receive a weekly notification via Arbor sharing their child’s attendance percentage.

We also challenge every class in school to be the best attenders – the winning class at the end of the term has a class reward.

The question of attendance requires a partnership between parent/carers and school, with shared responsibility. Parent/Carers are primarily responsible for ensuring that children attend school, and it is the responsibility of the school to support attendance and to take seriusly problems which may lead to non-attendance.

• Under existing legislation parent/carers commit an offence if a child fails to attend school regulary.
• Without notification to school on the first day of absnce, attendance will be recorded as unauthorised.
• If unauthorised non-attendance continues this will result in a fixed penalty notice being served.
• Depending on circumstances such cases may result in prosecution under section 444 if the Education Act 1996.

We would like to thank parents/carers for you continued support.

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