‘Success Starts by Being in School’
At St. Michael’s attendance issues are considered to be the responsibility of all parents, staff and governors. Parents, guardians /carers are required to ensure that children of compulsory school age receive sufficient full-time education. This means that they are responsible for ensuring that children attend school.
The attendance of most pupils in St. Michael’s is good and we are usually close to our target of 96.4%, but there is always room for improvement.
Letters will be sent to parents termly with information about your child’s attendance. We use the Powys ‘traffic light’ system.
Absence
If your child is unwell or otherwise unable to attend please telephone or email the school by 9:30 am. When your child returns to school please send a note giving reasons for the absence. Similarly, if your child has a dental / medical / optometrist appointment, please send a note to inform the class teacher.
We have a very low instance of unauthorised absence in the school. This is largely due to the co-operation of parents, thank you.
The Education Welfare Officer will investigate repeated or prolonged absences, unexplained absences and persistent lateness.
Family Holidays
Forms to request family holidays are available from the office and the Headteacher will ‘authorise’ or ‘not - authorise’ the absence. This decision will be taken based on previous attendance during the year. Parents will be informed of the decision by return.
Lateness
Absence and lateness are damaging to a child’s education as well as reflecting badly on the school.
Being late can be very embarrassing for pupils and causes disruption to the class. Any child arriving after 9.15am for any reason other than medical will be marked present but late.
Fixed Penalty Notices
The Education (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2013 introduced Fixed Penalty Notices for regular non-attendance at school.
The Welsh Government has required all local authorities to draw up and implement their own Local Codes of Conduct to ensure consistency in the issuing of Fixed Penalty Notices. The code will be implemented in Powys from 27 February 2013.
The Welsh Government states that Fixed Penalty Notices are one option among a number of different interventions available to promote better school attendance. The introduction of these regulations is one part of the Welsh Government strategy to support improved school attendance across Wales.
The introduction of these regulations mean that parents may now be financially penalised for their child(ren)’s regular non-attendance at school.
The local code of conduct, which explains how penalty notices will operate, is available on the Powys County Council website
The school has produced an attendance leaflet for parents
The attendance of most pupils in St. Michael’s is good and we are usually close to our target of 96.4%, but there is always room for improvement.
Letters will be sent to parents termly with information about your child’s attendance. We use the Powys ‘traffic light’ system.
Absence
If your child is unwell or otherwise unable to attend please telephone or email the school by 9:30 am. When your child returns to school please send a note giving reasons for the absence. Similarly, if your child has a dental / medical / optometrist appointment, please send a note to inform the class teacher.
We have a very low instance of unauthorised absence in the school. This is largely due to the co-operation of parents, thank you.
- Please note that days off for shopping trips, visits to theme parks or other similar events cannot be considered as authorised absences.
The Education Welfare Officer will investigate repeated or prolonged absences, unexplained absences and persistent lateness.
Family Holidays
Forms to request family holidays are available from the office and the Headteacher will ‘authorise’ or ‘not - authorise’ the absence. This decision will be taken based on previous attendance during the year. Parents will be informed of the decision by return.
Lateness
Absence and lateness are damaging to a child’s education as well as reflecting badly on the school.
Being late can be very embarrassing for pupils and causes disruption to the class. Any child arriving after 9.15am for any reason other than medical will be marked present but late.
- Persistent lateness will be discussed with parents. If it continues further the Education Welfare Officer (EWO) will be asked to intervene.
Fixed Penalty Notices
The Education (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2013 introduced Fixed Penalty Notices for regular non-attendance at school.
The Welsh Government has required all local authorities to draw up and implement their own Local Codes of Conduct to ensure consistency in the issuing of Fixed Penalty Notices. The code will be implemented in Powys from 27 February 2013.
The Welsh Government states that Fixed Penalty Notices are one option among a number of different interventions available to promote better school attendance. The introduction of these regulations is one part of the Welsh Government strategy to support improved school attendance across Wales.
The introduction of these regulations mean that parents may now be financially penalised for their child(ren)’s regular non-attendance at school.
The local code of conduct, which explains how penalty notices will operate, is available on the Powys County Council website
The school has produced an attendance leaflet for parents
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To visit the Powys Authority website page 'Attendance and Welfare'... (click here)