Barncroft Primary School
Your child’s attendance and education are important to us.
Attendance does affect your child’s progress. It is very hard for your child to catch up and maintain their standard of learning whilst constantly missing lessons!
1 day a week away from school equals 39 days a year or 7 weeks and 4 days! That is a whole half a term of their learning lost!
Equally, 15 minutes late every day equals one whole English or Maths lesson lost every week!
Classroom doors open at 8.35am and the school day starts at 8:45am. At this time, all the children need to be in class and ready to learn.
The school is required to monitor a child’s lateness. It is a legal requirement for children to arrive at school on time. Children who arrive after 8:45am need to come to the school office to be signed in where they will be marked as late.
If you know that your child is going to be late for registration, please notify the school office on 02392 482331 or text on 07929 876027.
We run a Breakfast Club which has two start times 7.30am at a cost of £3 per day or 8am at a cost of £2 per day. Breakfast is served until 8.30am. We have a varied menu and cater for all dietary needs.
If your child is unwell, please contact the school office before the start of the school day. If the illness continues, please inform the office as to when you expect your child to return to school.
If your child is absent and you have not informed the office, you will be telephoned to see why your child is not in school. We will always endeavour to support parents who find it difficult getting their children into school. If you are experiencing any difficulties, please contact the school office or Miss Burgess, our Home School Link Worker.
If you are not certain that your child needs to stay home, please contact the school office and we can advise you whether your child can come into school e.g. if your child has conjunctivitis they can be in school.
Where possible, always make your child’s doctors or dental appointments outside of school hours. If your child has an appointment during the school day, a copy of the appointment card is required.
Is my child to ill for schools NHS Guidelines
Should I keep my child off school? UK Health Security Agency Guidlines
We do not approve requests for holidays or days off during the school term. Therefore, any holidays will be recorded as unauthorised. In extremely exceptional circumstances, absences may be granted at the discretion of the Headteacher.
Where a child has unauthorised absence, the school must enforce Hampshire’s Code of Conduct for issuing Penalty Notices or follow its guidance on other Legal Measures for Non-Attendance. The Code of Conduct is a statutory document that ensures that powers for legal sanctions are applied consistently and fairly across all schools and their families within the authority. The Hampshire Code of Conduct states that:
Schools or Hampshire Local Authority will issue a Penalty Notice for any unauthorised absence where the pupil has been:
unless the issuing of a Penalty Notice would conflict with other intervention strategies in place or other sanctions already being processed.
All the staff at Barncroft Primary are here to help you get your child into school. Please approach your child’s teacher, contact the school office on 023 9248 2331 or book an appointment with our Home School Link Worker, Lynda Burgess mobile: 07929 876027 for advice or support.
