Term Dates and Attendance

Term Dates 2026 - 2027

School will be closed children for INSET (staff training) days on Tuesday 1st September 2026.

School will also be closed for May Day Bank Holiday on 3^rd  May 2027.

Miss S Chapman is our school Attendance and Admin Officer

Click here to read our School Attendance Policy

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

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