Students’ attendance and punctuality is critical to their academic success and social wellbeing.

Students will:

• Attend school every day (unless absent due to a diagnosed medical condition that is supported by a GP)
• Strive to achieve 100% attendance
• Enter the gate from 08:20 and line up by 08:30
• Serve a detention if they arrive to the academy after 08:30
• Ensure they arrive to all their lessons on time

Teachers will:

• Take the register within the first 10 minutes of every lesson

The academy will:

• Follow up an unreported absence with a same day text and telephone call

In the event of an illness, families will:

• Contact the academy on the morning of each day of absence no later than 08:30

Anything less than 97% attendance is not good enough and the academy would expect this only to be the case for students with serious medical issues. Meetings will be arranged with families and students who have poor punctuality or attendance of less than 97%.

Any holiday request during term time will be refused. We trust that families will only request a leave of absence in exceptional circumstances. Please read our 'Attendance is everyone's business' flyer below.