Attendance at school is crucial; every effort should be made to ensure that your child attends school regularly. Our school attendance target is 95%. Schools are required by law to keep comprehensive records of attendance and work closely with the Local Authority’s Attendance Team. It is essential, therefore, that you notify us by telephone at the start of an absence. If your child is absent due to sickness or diarrhoea we operate a policy of ’48 hours clear’ before the child returns to school. If your child is absent for a period of more than 5 days, medical evidence is normally required.   

Lateness: Missing even short amounts of time at the start of the school day can have a detrimental impact on a child’s education. Lateness is regularly monitored at Cams Lane is if there are concerns, you will be contacted via letter or telephone to see if there is any support the school can offer in improving punctuality.

Attendance Lead: Miss Lancaster

Attendance Officer: Mrs Statham

Absence in term time

Holidays: The law gives no entitlement to parents to take their child on holiday during term time. Applications must be given in writing addressed to the Head Teacher. Any application for leave must only be in exceptional circumstances and the Headteacher must be satisfied that the circumstances are exceptional and warrant the granting of leave. Headteachers would not be expected to class any term time holiday as exceptional.   

If the request is denied school will inform the parent/carer of the reason by letter.  If the parents/carers choose to continue with the planned holiday it will be taken as an unauthorised absence and the Local Authority may choose to issue a penalty notice.

Appointments: Where possible we ask that appointments are made outside of school time. If an appointment in school time is unavoidable, please advise school in advance and provide evidence (appointment card, letter, text) so that we are able to authorise the absence.