A high level of school attendance is essential for a child to reach their full educational achievement. We are committed to providing an education of the highest quality for all our students and endeavour to provide an environment where all students feel valued and welcome.
Parents and teachers share the responsibility for supporting and promoting excellent school attendance and punctuality for all. It is our duty to consistently strive to achieve a goal of 100% attendance for all children.
Every opportunity will be used to convey to students and their parents or carers the importance of regular and punctual attendance. For our children to take full advantage of the educational opportunities offered, it is vital your child is at school, on time, every day that the school is open unless the reason for the absence is unavoidable.
The routines children develop around attendance and punctuality at school are the same as the expectations of any future employer in the world of work. High attainment, confidence with peers and staff and future aspirations depend on good attendance.
The school does not support taking a holiday in term time. Parents are strongly requested to avoid taking holidays in term time. If this is absolutely unavoidable, a ‘Leave of Absence’ form must be completed. The completed form should be received at least 2 weeks before the period for which you are seeking authorisation. The completed form setting out your reasons must be returned to Reception.
Below is an illustration of how absence adversely affects learning:
All students should be reported by their parents on the first day of absence and parents must contact the school every subsequent day that their child is absent.
This can be done via the new Edulink app or email attendance@croftonschool.co.uk. Alternatively, call the school on 01329 664251 and select option 1 for the Absence line.
Please see below for our attendance policy and links to other documents to support good attendance in school.
Latest Guidance For Parents, From Hampshire County Council Ref. Fixed Penalty Notices Nov 2015 >
Covid-19 Attendance Expectations
Attendance is mandatory. The usual rules on attendance continue to apply, including:
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parents’ duty to ensure that their child of compulsory school age attends regularly at the school where the child is a registered pupil
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schools’ responsibilities to record attendance and follow up absence
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the ability to issue sanctions, including fixed penalty notices, in line with local authorities’ codes of conduct
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the duty on local authorities to put in place arrangements for identifying, and to follow up with, children missing education
On Tuesday 29 March, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, set out the next steps for living with COVID-19 in England from Friday 1 April 2022.
Free COVID-19 tests will continue to be available for specific groups, including eligible patients and NHS staff, once the universal testing offer ends on Friday 1 April 2022.
Updated guidance will advise:
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adults with the symptoms of a respiratory infection, and who have a high temperature or feel unwell, should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people until they feel well enough to resume normal activities and they no longer have a high temperature
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children and young people who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people. They can go back to school, college or childcare when they no longer have a high temperature, and they are well enough to attend
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adults with a positive COVID-19 test result should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days, which is when they are most infectious. For children and young people aged 18 and under, the advice will be 3 days