At Frampton, our curriculum builds on prior learning. Children learn key concepts, skills and knowledge which are built upon across days, weeks, terms and years. The daily timetable is created to maximise learning opportunities and weekly plans are sequenced to support progress over the short term. Missing days or weeks of school has a direct impact on the learning the children experience and regular absence can lead to children missing key aspects of the curriculum. In Reception and KS1, for example, there are daily phonics lessons. If a child misses a week of school, they will miss out on up to two and a half hours of phonics teaching, in which some of the content will not be explicitly taught again.
Good attendance is not just about academic success. For children to feel part of a team they need to be present. Children with regular attendance get the very best out of our school offer and develop a sense of belonging as part of the school community.
Please telephone the school by 9.15am on the first morning of absence and each subsequent day.
Please note that for sickness or diarrhoea the current guidelines laid down by the Health Protection Agency state that children should not return to school for 48 hours after the final episode (and should not swim for 2 weeks after the last episode). Please comply with these guidelines as sickness and diarrhoea spread very easily in the classroom environment.
Please try to make appointments outside of the school day as it does cause disruption to the children’s day.
If your child has an appointment in the morning after which they will be returning to school, ie doctors, dentist, hospital etc, please telephone before 9am so that your child can be entered on the dinner register.
It is the responsibility of all parents to ensure that their children attend school. All absence from school affects a child’s education. Some absence is beyond parental control, for example sickness, medical appointments etc.
Leave of absence is granted at the Headteacher’s discretion, including the length of time the pupil is authorised to be absent for. Leave of absence will only be granted in exceptional circumstances, therefore it is unlikely a leave of absence will be granted for the purposes of a family holiday.
For further information please see our Attendance Policy. Please note that penalty notices may now be issued when a child has 10 or more sessions of unauthorised absences (5 school days).
