Wreake Valley Academy recognises that pupils will only benefit fully from their education if they attend school regularly and on time. Regular attendance is critical if our pupils are to be successful and benefit from the opportunities presented to them. Attendance will be maximised through an effective partnership between pupils, their parents/carers, and the school.
Bradgate Education Partnership (BEP) and our school will ensure that all associated actions are undertaken rigorously and consistently. We will constantly monitor and evaluate action and impact through regular analysis of data and review of practice.
Improving attendance is everyone’s business. The barriers to accessing education are wide and complex, both within and beyond the school gates, and are often specific to individual pupils and families. The foundation of securing good attendance is that school is a calm, orderly, safe, and supportive environment where all pupils want to be and are keen and ready to learn.
Some pupils find it harder than others to attend school and therefore at all stages of improving attendance, Wreake Valley Academy and partners will work with pupils and parents to remove any barriers to attendance by building strong and trusting relationships and working together to put the right support in place.
Securing good attendance cannot therefore be seen in isolation, and effective practices for improvement will involve close interaction with schools’ efforts on curriculum, behaviour, bullying, special educational needs support, pastoral and mental health and wellbeing, and effective use of resources.
If you have any concerns regarding your child’s attendance, please do not hesitate to contact:
Leanne Hirst – Attendance and Safeguarding Lead
0116 2641080
Working together to improve school attendance
Please take a few moments to read the document attached
Working Together To Improve School Attendance
To report your child’s absense please click the button below.
The Bradgate Education Partnership Trust policy is that holidays in term time will not be authorised.
It is very unlikely that requests for holidays or extended leave will be authorised. If parents want the school to consider such a request they must complete an exceptional leave form which is available from the school. Parents will then receive a response informing them of the school’s decision. If parents/carers still take their son/daughter out of school, then the absence is deemed unauthorised and may incur a Penalty Notice (see above policy relating unauthorised absence). In cases where the school is not notified but holidays are taken in term time these will also be recorded as unauthorised and are also likely to incur a Penalty Notice.
If your child has unauthorised leave of absence, you may either be issued with a Penalty Notice of £160 per parent per child (discounted to £80 if paid within 21 days), or your case could be referred by the Local Authority directly to the Magistrates’ Court for the purposes of a criminal prosecution.
5 Consecutive Days of Term Time Leave
Penalty Notice fines will be issued for term time leave of 5 or more consecutive days, and for fewer days where this has happened before.
10 Sessions of Unauthorised Absence in a 10-week period
Penalty Notice fines will be considered when there have been 10 sessions of absence in a 10-week period.
Penalty Notice update For Parents
If your child requires Exceptional leave during term time please click the button below.
If you believe your child has an infection disease you SHOULD report it to the school immedaitely, this will ensure we can take the nessisary steps to protect any vunerable students and staff.
Please check the list below for reportable diseases.
If you are still unsure please click on the button below.
