Term Dates and Attendance

Term Dates 2024 - 2025

Term

School Opens

School Closes

Autumn 1

Wednesday 4th September 2024

Friday 18th October 2024

Autumn 2

Monday 28th October 2024

Thursday 19th December 2024 (1.30pm closure)

Spring 1

Monday 6th January 2025

Friday 14th February 2025

Spring 2

Monday 24th February 2025

Friday 28th March 2025 (1.30pm closure)

Summer 1

Monday 14th April 2025

Friday 23rd May 2025

Summer 2

Monday 2nd June 2025

Tuesday 22nd July 2025 (1.30pm closure)

 

School will be closed children for INSET (staff training) days on Monday 2nd September 2024, Tuesday 3rd September 2024, Friday 29th November 2024, Friday 20th December 2024 and Wednesday 23rd July 2025.

School will also be closed for Good Friday on the 18th April 2025, Easter Monday on the 21st April 2025 and May Day Bank Holiday on 5th May 2025.

Term Dates 2025 - 2026

Term

School Opens

School Closes

Autumn 1

Tuesday 2nd September 2025

Thursday 23rd October 2025

Autumn 2

Monday 3rd November 2025

Friday 19th December 2025 (1.30pm closure)

Spring 1

Monday 5th January 2026

Friday 13th February 2026

Spring 2

Monday 23rd February 2026

Thursday 2nd April 2026 (1.30pm closure)

Summer 1

Monday 20th April 2026

Friday 22nd May 2026

Summer 2

Monday 1st June 2026

Friday 17th July 2026 (1.30pm closure)

School will be closed children for INSET (staff training) days on Monday 1st September 2025, Friday 24th October 2025, Friday 28th November 2025, Monday 20th July 2026 and Tuesday 21st July 2026.

School will also be closed for Good Friday on the 3rd April 2026, Easter Monday on the 6th April 2026 and May Day Bank Holiday on 4th May 2026.

Miss S Chapman is our school Attendance and Admin Officer

DID YOU KNOW..... 

If your child misses only one day a week for their whole time in school they would miss the equivalent of two years schooling.

That would be like not starting school until you were 7 or leaving school at 14.

Being late for school can mean missing vital work and seriously disrupts lessons for everyone.

Remember the law treats lateness and non-attendance in exactly the same way!

 

This is a successful school and every child plays their part in making it so. We aim for an environment which enables and encourages all pupils to achieve their potential and aspire to excellence.

For our children to gain the greatest benefit from their education it is vital that they attend regularly and every child should be at school, on time, every day the school is open unless they have an unavoidable reason to be absent. Any absence affects the pattern of a child’s schooling and regular absence will seriously affect their learning.

Absence or late arrival also disrupts teaching routines and so may affect the learning of others in the same class.

Government research shows a direct link between attendance and attainment and good attenders also make better progress socially, learn to work with others, and are better prepared for the transition to secondary school and, eventually, higher education, training and employment.

Our attendance target this year is 96%, but all pupils should strive to achieve 100% attendance if they can.

 

 

The school's Senior Leadership Team regularly monitors the attendance of all children. We work closely with the Local Authority to improve attendance.

 

Lost minutes = Lost learning

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Leave in Term Time 

By law, all children of compulsory school age (between 5 and 16) must get a suitable full time education. As a parent, you are responsible for making sure this happens and if you fail to ensure a child of compulsory school age who is registered at a school attends regularly, legal action may be taken by the Local Authority.

All schools can grant a leave of absence for other exceptional circumstances at their discretion. In the case of schools maintained by local authorities and special schools not maintained by local authorities, it must be requested in advance by a parent who the pupil normally lives with. Schools are then expected to consider each application individually taking into account the specific facts and circumstances and relevant background context behind the request. If a leave of absence is granted, it is for the school to determine the length of the time the pupil can be away from school.

Generally, the DfE does not consider a need or desire for a holiday or other absence for the purpose of leisure and recreation to be an exceptional circumstance.

Requests for a leave of absence should be requested through a Leave Request Form which should be completed and submitted to the school office by parents prior to the leave being taken. School's Leave Request Form are available to download using the link below, or paper copies can be collected from the school office.

Click here to download a copy of our Leave Request Form

 

 

 

PLEASE THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE TAKING YOUR CHILD OUT OF SCHOOL DURING TERM TIME!

 

By law, you must ask for permission for your children to miss school, well in advance of the planned absence.

 

Parents can request a leave of absence but this can only be authorised if the circumstances are exceptional in accordance to DfE guidance.

 

Parents who take a child of compulsory school age out of school without permission may be issued with a penalty notice from the Local Authority.

 

Application forms for a leave of absence are available to download from the school website or from the school office.