Promoting Good Attendance – Every Child Matters and Every Day Counts!

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Westfield is committed to providing a high-quality education for all its pupils. By attending school every day and on time children our young people can take full advantage of the educational opportunities available to them.

The whole school community – pupils, parents and carers, teaching and support staff and school governors – have a responsibility for ensuring good school attendance and have important roles to play. Please read our Policy which is available to view in the Attachments section on this page.

Our policy applies to all children registered at this school and is based on current government and Local Authority guidance and statutory Regulations. The school will ensure that all members of the community know of the policy and have access to it.

We encourage all parents/carers to work in partnership with the school in order to improve attendance and punctuality and recognises that “parents have the primary responsibility to ensure that pupils of compulsory school age attend school regularly”

Every child has a right to an efficient and suitable full time education and it is a parent’s legal duty to ensure this happens. Where parents have chosen to register their child at a school they must ensure their child attends school regularly.

It is well known that missing school for any reason can cause a child to fall behind in their learning. Missing school not only damages a pupils learning and grades, but can disrupt routines and can make children vulnerable to crime.

Sometimes children also find it difficult to settle back into school after a break.

In the longer term, evidence shows that reduced levels of attendance are likely to affect the progress of any child, whatever their needs or ability and can result in lower levels of qualifications being achieved.

By ensuring your child attends school regularly, this will helps develop crucial life skills, resilience, and a strong work ethic that will benefit throughout their lives.

For more information: School attendance – Suffolk County

If we can help in any way with supporting your child in attending school, please do speak to the class teacher or contact Mr Gooch, Ms Moody or speak to the School Office. We are here to help.

If your child is unable to attend Westfield Primary Academy, please telephone us or email us.