Attendance

At Grimes Dyke we are working very hard to improve our standards of attendance across the whole school. Our attendance target is 96% and we are continuing to introduce exciting approaches to encourage excellent attendance.There will be a number of additional incentives for children to attend running throughout the year. Excellent attendance in school is vital in ensuring children are able to achieve their full potential.

School opens at 8:40am, registration is at 8:45am and classes finish at 3:15pm with the exception of Nursery and Reception who finish at 3:05pm. In March 2022, the Government introduced a non-statutory expectation of a 32.5 hour
minimum core school week by September 2023.

Parents are expected to ensure their child attends school every day of the school year unless too unwell for school.  The expectation is that children will have 100% attendance. If the attendance falls below 90% then the school may refer the family to attendance processes.
Unauthorised absence or your child being frequently late could result in fine or prosecution! 

Pupils are expected to attend school every day of the school year which tends to be 190 days out of 365 – split into 3 terms and 6 half terms per year. Days in each school may be different as teachers have training days during term time.

The school may decide to ask the LA to prosecute parents for:

• unauthorised absence where their children on holiday in term time
• where parents/carers do not ensure that their children attend every day
• where the attendance falls below 90%
• where there is long term non attendance

The LA will follow legal processes where there is evidence of non-attendance.

Below is a chart which details the impact absence has across different time frames. At Grimes Dyke we are aiming for all children to achieve 96% and above. 

Absence