Attendance
Attendance and Absence
Absence from School
Children are required to attend school for 190 days each year. The Government's target for attendance for Primary School Pupils is at least 95%.
How does your child's attendance compare with this target?
The table below indicates how just a few days absence can result in children missing a significant number of lessons. It has been proven that children who miss a lot of school achieve less.
Learner Absence
All absences should be reported to the school office on each day of an absence, unless a long-term absence has been reported. The school attendance officer will contact you either by text message or telephone call if we have not received notification by this time. This contact is to ensure that the student is safe and has not set out from home and failed to arrive at the school.
Holiday Leave
The Department for Education (DfE) are very clear in their expectations of schools and academies that parents or carers should not arrange family holidays during term time. They do, however, recognise that in exceptional circumstances it may be necessary for such holiday leave to be granted. Should you have a need then your request should be in writing to the Head of School Mr. McLean. You will be notified in writing if the outcome of any such decision.
Attendance Ted
Here at Hoo St Werburgh Primary School we celebrate children's class attendance weekly.
Each week attendance is calculated to provide us with a the winning class attendance of that week.
The winning class for both key stages will win Attendance Ted for the week!
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Policies
Please find below our Attendance and Punctuality Policy
Attendance and Punctuality Policy 2023 - 2025
Children_Missing_Education_Policy_2023-2024
Medway Information on School Attendance