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Punctuality
We are grateful to all the parents/carers who ensure students maintain good levels of
attendance and punctuality – this is important for so many reasons. Poor punctuality not
only affects a student’s education and life chances but it also disrupts the learning of others.
All students would benefit from a positive and organised start to their day and so I am
writing to inform you of some changes to the procedures that we will follow should a student
be late to school, starting from Monday 30 th January 2017.
Students should be seated in their Tutor rooms by 8.50 am. If a student arrives after this
time, they must register at Student Services where they will be marked in late with the
Attendance Officer, who will issue a “Late to School” slip.
Any student with a “Late to School” slip must attend a 20 minutes lunchtime detention at
1.00 pm in S25 on the same day. Failure to attend this detention will result in an escalation
of the sanction.
If there is a genuine reason for their lateness, students should bring a note from home to
this effect and the late slip will not be issued if we consider the reason to be acceptable.
We understand it can be difficult to make medical or dental appointments and that some
appointments may take all day, although we would ask you to avoid appointments during
the school day wherever possible.
Therefore, lateness due to these appointments must be evidenced with a note, letter, or
appointment card from the surgery. These will then be recorded as authorised absences.
We suggest making these appointments late afternoon if possible.
Parents/carers will continue to receive an email via Intouch informing them if students are
late to school. The Parent Portal is also a useful tool to monitor punctuality.
We close our registers at 9.20 am and if a student arrives after this time this is marked as
an unauthorised absence (U code). If the student is late after the close of registers more
than six times parents/carers could be liable to receive a Penalty Notice.
Thank you in advance for your support. Should you have any concerns regarding
punctuality, please speak the student’s Tutor in the first instance.
Mrs Williams
Deputy Principal