Absence
Absence for Exceptional Circumstances and Penalty Notices
You are required under the Education Act (1996) to ensure your child attends school regularly.
The school has an obligation to provide 190 days of schooling for all pupils, and parents are required to ensure that their children attend school.
If your child accrues 10 consecutive sessions of unauthorised absence you may be liable for a penalty notice (one days absence equals two sessions and a five day absence is equal to 10 sessions). An unauthorised absence is any absence that the Head teacher has not given permission for or where an explanation has not been provided by the parents. Parents must complete a ‘request for absence from school in exceptional circumstances’ form and submit this to the school, allowing for sufficient time to enable the school to consider the request and inform parents of the decision. Where parents do not follow the school’s procedures of submitting a request and simply remove their child without seeking prior approval, a warning may not be given and you may be liable for a penalty notice. If your request is declined or you do not follow the correct procedure and you still take your child out of school each parent within your household may be issued with a £60 penalty notice for each child you have taken out of school. If a penalty notice remains unpaid after 21 days it will increase to £120. If after 28 days it remains unpaid you may be summonsed to appear before Magistrates to explain why your child has unauthorised school absences and you may be liable for a fine of up to £1000. Copies of the ‘absence from school for exceptional circumstances request’ form with the information for parents can be found below.
Click below for an Exceptional Circumstance Absence request form.
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Promoting Good School Attendance | [pdf 135KB] |
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Absence information leaflet | [pdf 181KB] |
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Attendance counts | [pdf 459KB] |
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338. Absence from School For Exceptional Circumstances Request Form | [pdf 157KB] |
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339. Absence from School for Exceptional Circumstances Information for Parents | [pdf 155KB] |
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Absence for medical reasons
If your child is going to be absent from school, please telephone the office as soon as possible after 8.30am to let us know.
If your child is going to be late due to a medical appointment, please telephone the office advising them of your expected arrival time and let us know if your child will require a school lunch that day. You may be asked for evidence of your child's appointment.
Please see below the ERYC leaflet giving guidance on keeping your child off school due to illness or medical reasons.
If your child has prescription medicine, please complete the form below and hand it in at the school office along with the medicine and a dosage spoon/syringe. Please do not send it in with your child.
In the case of ongoing treatments, and/or protracted hospital stays, the school will be able to provide work (under medical supervision) for pupils. Please speak to your child's class teacher in the first instance.
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2019 8.8 Form 3 Administer medicine | [pdf 73KB] |
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[966969]dv-and-ili-leaflet-for-yh-schools-november-2019 | [pdf 91KB] |
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[966968]medical-parent-information-leaflet | [pdf 1MB] |
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Commitment to Remote Learning
At Pollington-Balne CE Primary School, we are committed to ensuring that all children have access to quality education, even when they are unable to attend school. In such circumstances, students will be provided with a range of online resources to support their learning.
Children will have access to their portfolios on Class Dojo, which allows for the sharing of work and feedback. Additionally, they can engage with educational platforms such as TT Rockstars, which enhance their learning in mathematics and literacy. For some students, access to NESSY may be provided based on individual needs.
We recognise the importance of additional resources; therefore, children may be signposted to Oak Academy, BBC Bitesize, and other suitable websites to further support their learning journey.
As a general rule, we do not set work for children who are absent due to illness, prioritising their recovery. For those without access to digital learning, we can arrange for the borrowing of devices or the creation of learning packs.
We ensure that online safety protocols are strictly adhered to, and lessons may be delivered via Microsoft Teams to facilitate remote learning.
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Attendance in schools |
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Attendance, Asthma and Medicine Policies |
| Please follow the link to the attendance policy |