Attendance
At Springwell, we strive for outstanding attendance and have set the school target at 96% for 2018/19. We are working hard to achieve this target. We aim to work with parents and carers to support them with their child’s attendance.
It is important that parents:-
Ensure that their child is able to attend school by:
The school will:-
We want pupils to:-
Below is a table detailing our actions taken to support attendance:
Springwell process for supporting pupils to attend school.
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Outcome: |
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Identification of patterns and frequency.
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2. If a pupil is absent: the same day, office staff will call parents to ask why the pupil is not in school. |
Information finding. |
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If absences continue and/or fall below 90%
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3. A senior leader will call parents to update on concerns, to offer support and identify what we can do to raise attendance.
If there is a health concern, our Welfare Officer may also call parents. |
Raised parental awareness of levels of absence, impact on education and possible involvement of outside agencies.
Health advice and support. |
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If absences continue and/or fall below 90%
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4. Springwell will request to do a home visit – this would be a senior leader, Welfare Officer and/or Family Link Officer - who work with parents to create action plan. |
All parties working together to improve attendance. |
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If absences continue and/or fall below 90%
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5. Involvement of outside agencies and formal meeting in school and referral to EWO. |
Input from increased parties. |
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Possible fixed penalty notice. |
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