We expect that all students will:

• Attend school regularly
• Attend school punctually
• Attend school appropriately prepared for the day

We expect that all parents/carers who have day to day responsibility for children and young people will:

• Encourage regular school attendance and be aware of their legal responsibilities
• Ensure that the child/children in their care arrive at school punctually, prepared for the school day
• If your child is going to be absent for any reason, please ensure that you make the school aware before 8.00am on each day of absence. Contact us and ensure you give clear information including your child's name, tutor group and the reason for the absence. If we are not provided with a reason, the absence will be recorded on their attendance record as unauthorised.

We ask that all routine medical appointments are made outside of the school day and may request medical evidence to be provided for any period of absence that exceeds three days.

Absence Requests

All requests for leave of absence must be made to the school by completing a leave of absence form, which is available by contacting us. The school is not allowed to grant leave of absence unless under exceptional and documented circumstance. Leave of absence for holidays is no longer permissible under government guidance (November 2012). The school has to warn parents that if you take unauthorised leave of absence then you will be liable to a fixed penalty fine issued on our behalf of the local authority.