Attendance
Illness or Absence
We would be grateful if any absence could be reported by 9am at the latest so that registers can be updated. If your child is too unwell to come to school, or if there is another reason for absence, please call us on 01834 871228 from 8.30am to let us know on the first morning they are not in school.
Information from Pembrokeshire County Council’s new Attendance Initiative –
‘It starts in school‘
Success, creativity, friendship, resilience, support… it starts in school.
When children miss school, they miss more than classes – they’re missing important social and development opportunities that will shape their future. Because school is more than grades, timetables, and homework – it’s friendships, shared memories, and character building.
Lateness
Our registers close at 9.30am. An arrival between 9 and 9.30 is marked as ‘late, before the register closes’. After 9.30 an arrival is marked as ‘late, after the register closes’. This means that effectively the child is absent for the whole session on the register.
Term Time Holiday Requests
Holiday requests are dealt with on an individual basis. You will need to complete a holiday request form and submit it in plenty of time before your intended holiday. Please see guidance from Pembrokeshire County Council below:-
‘It is important that your child attends school regularly throughout the term in order to gain the maximum benefit from the education provided. Any applications for leave for a holiday during term time made by a parent with whom the pupil normally resides, will be considered on an individual basis by the head teacher or another person in the school who is authorised on behalf of the school, and it is at their discretion as to whether or not to authorise the absence. Save in exceptional circumstances, the pupil must not be granted more than ten school days leave for that purpose in any school year.’ (PCC Website – https://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/school-attendance-and-pupil-welfare/family-holidays-during-term-time)