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Ox Close Primary School

Ox Close Crescent, Spennymoor, Co Durham, DL16 6RU

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Home / Key Information / Attendance

Attendance

Why is attendance so important? 

At Ox Close Federation, we recognise the vital importance of good attendance and punctuality and so great emphasis is placed upon this right from the start of your child’s education. Good attendance at school makes a big difference to learning and develops the wellbeing of the children.   It is essential that parents inform school and Nursery as soon as they know that their child will be absent.   

We have prepared some attendance leaflets for parents and we do hope that you find them informative and useful. 

  • Attendance Leaflet – Nursery and Reception
  • Attendance Leaflet – Year 1 to 6

We are committed to working with you to support you so please do get in touch if we can help you in any way.  

 

Attendance Matters 

Percentage  Days Absent  Comment  Achievement  Attendance Stage 
Above 97%  Less than 6 days absence per year  Excellent attendance  Will almost certainly achieve full potential  CELEBRATE 
95-96%  10 days absence per year  Missing 2 weeks of every school  Likely to achieve but could still improve  ENQUIRY 
90-94%  19 days absence per year  Missing one month of school every year  Will be harder for the children to achieve their best  ENQUIRY 
85-89%  29 days absence per year  Missing 6 weeks every school year  High risk of under achievement  ENQUIRY AND SUPPORT 
80-84%  38 days absence per year  Missing a year of school over the time spent in Primary education  Almost impossible for the children to keep up  SUPPORT AND ENFORCE 
BELOW 80%   More than 38 days absence per year  Missing over a year of school over the time spent in Primary education  Extreme impact on learning and development   SUPPORT AND ENFORCE

 

Persistent Absence

A child is persistent absent if they miss 10% or more of all possible school sessions regardless of whether the absence is authorised or unauthorised. Children persistently absent play catch-up with work, miss time and opportunity with friends, and miss out on clubs and extra-curricular activities (areas to apply learning).

 

Severe Absence: 

Some pupils are absent more often than they attend. DfE class this as severe absence i.e. being absent for at least 50% of registration sessions. Severe absence remains rare: it affects less than 1% of pupils in primary schools. 

 

The School Day 

 Registration time are as follows: 

 

Establishment 

Registration Time 

Nursery  Morning Session – 08:45 – 09:00 

Afternoon Session – 12:30 – 12:45  

School  08:45-08:55 

 

Punctuality 

After the above times the registers will close. If a child arrives in school up to 15 minutes after this time then a late mark will be recorded in the register (L). Registers will be closed at this point and any children arriving more than 15 minutes late will be recorded as (U) which is a late after registers close mark and this is classed as an unauthorised absence (a number of these marks can also contribute to more formal action being considered).  

 

Amount late each morning 

Every week 

Every term 

5 minutes  25 minutes lost learning  Over 1 day of lost learning  
10 minutes  10 minutes 

Over 2 days of lost learning 

 

Parent Support Advisor/Attendance Manager 

Please get in touch if with Miss Bewick, who is our PSA/Attendance Manager on 01388 814860 if you would like any support or information.  

Holidays in Term Time

Recent changes to regulations, which have been introduced by the Department for Education, note that ‘Headteachers will no longer be able to grant pupils a leave of absence for the purpose of a family holiday during term time.’ 

 

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