Attendance

Attendance & Punctuality

School begins at 8.55am and finishes at 3.30pm.

To make our school Outstanding you can help by making sure your child comes to school every day and arrives on time.

If your child/ren are unable to attend school please call the Reception desk on 0208 560 5323 to report the absence or alternatively you can report the absence via Parent Mail.

If you are late, please sign your child in at the Reception desk to let us know they have arrived safely. They will be issued with a yellow 'Registered at Reception card' to let the teacher know we have seen them.

We are going to all work together to make our attendance go up from 95% (satisfactory) to 97% (outstanding) by the end of each school year.

TOGETHER WE CAN DO IT!

Help to give your child the best start in life. A very good way to support your child is to make sure he/she comes to school every day.

Missing days means gaps in learning which seriously affects progress.

It is a legal duty to send your children to school every day and we ask you to commit to this.

High attendance leads to higher achievement and ensures your child’s well-being, setting up positive habits for future studies and working life.

Start as you mean to go on!

Acceptable Reasons for Being off School

• Illness  e.g measles, chicken pox, sickness and diarrhoea

• Medical appointments that have to be arranged in term time with proof

• One off exceptional circumstances such as a family funeral

These absences will be recorded as authorised.

Unacceptable Reasons for Being off School

• Holiday during term time

• Shopping

• Birthdays

• Days out

• Getting up late

• Being off when brothers and sisters are ill

• Using children to look after other children or relations in the house

These absences will be recorded as unauthorised.

Lateness

School time is too valuable to miss!

When a child is late for school he or she may feel:

      Confused               Upset            Embarrassed           Angry                Flustered            

                                                                             Left Out   

Punctuality is important throughout life – this is one of the basic expectations in our professional lives.

It is unacceptable to be late due to oversleeping or general traffic.

Being late can mean missing the vital introduction to a lesson.

At Lionel Primary School learning begins immediately at 9.00 a.m. every school day.

Issues with Attendance or Punctuality?

Talk to the school if you need advice or support on 020 8560 5323