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ATTENDING SCHOOL
REGULAR ATTENDANCE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. CHILDREN WHO ATTEND
SCHOOL REGULARLY ARE MORE LIKELY TO ACHIEVE GOOD RESULTS AND
REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THIS HELPS GIVE THEM THE BEST
POSSIBLE START IN LIFE.
You and your parents have a legal
duty
to make
sure youhave
attend
You and
your parents
a
school
andtoare
alsosure
on time,
legal duty
make
you every
day.
attend school and are also on
time, every day.
You must allow yourself enough
You must
allowtoyourself
time
to travel
school enough
from home,
time tothrough
travel to
school
from
arrive
the
gates,
park your
home, arrive
thethe
gates,
bicycle
in thethrough
racks, use
toilets if
park your bicycle
the
racks,
necessary
and getinto
your
first use
lesson
the toilets
if necessary
before
it starts
at 08:30.and get to
your first lesson before it starts at
If
you are too unwell to come to
08:30.
school, your parent or carer must
If you are
too
unwell to
report
your
absence
bycome
callingtous
school,
your
parent
or
carer
must
on 01473 466145. The call should
report
your
absence
by
calling
us
be made before 08:10, if possible.
on
01473
466145.
The
call
should
If you do not arrive at school and
be made
beforewhy,
08:10,
if possible.
we
don’t know
then
we will be
If you doabout
not arrive
school and
worried
your at
safety.
we don’t know why, then we will
If
you
are late
arriving
school or
be
worried
about
yourto
safety.
any reason, you will need to enter
If you areStudent
late arriving
through
Gate to
A –school
on the
for
any
reason,
you
will
needGates B
left side – because Student
to enter
through
the Main
and
C will
be locked
from 08:27 until
Reception
15:00
eachdoor
day. because we
close the student entrance gates
atyou
thebike
startto
ofschool
lesson you
one will
andneed
until to
If
enter
through
Gate
B on
the end
of theStudent
school day.
You
willthe
right
of
school
so
you
can
access
need to lock your bike at the front
the
bike storage
area.after 08:30.
of school
if you arrive
It is
is very
very important
important that
that you
you come
It
come
to
school
every
day,
any
to school every day, as anyas
missed
missed
work
may
mean
that
you
work may mean that you fall behind
fall behind
with your learning.
with
your learning.
Good attendance means being in
Good attendance means being
the academy for at least 97% of the
in the academy for at least 97%
time.
of the time.
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