Newtown Primary School Attendance
Your child’s attendance at school is extremely important. The Local Authority Education Welfare Officer regularly monitors children’s attendance. If your child’s attendance falls below 96% we will make contact with you to discuss how we can work together to ensure your child comes to school regularly.
The School Day
8.45am – Main gates open
8.55am – Gates close/registration begins
Parents to leave at this time via the main gates registers taken children marked late if not present.
10.45am Morning Break
12:15 noon – 1:15pm Lunch
3.25pm – School day finishes.
•Teachers are available after school if you want to discuss any matters with them.
Absences and Sickness
•If your child is unwell and is unable to attend school please call the office before 8:45 on 01392 255540
•If you have not informed the office before 9am, we follow safeguarding procedures and will try to contact parents/carers/those on our contacts list to ascertain a reason for absence.
Attendance
Regular school attendance is an important part of giving your child the best possible start in life. If you have a difficulty getting your child to school, please let us know and we can help support you.
•There are 365 days a year – you only have to attend school for 190 of those. That leaves 175 days to do everything else.
•If you are 5 minutes late every day… that adds up to 3 days lost per year.
•If you are 15 minutes late every day… that adds up to almost 10 days lost every year.
•If you are absent from school for 1 day a week throughout your school life… you will be missing 2 years of your education.
•If you are absent from school for 1 day every half a term throughout your whole school life, you will miss, in total, 3 months of education.
•90% attendance throughout your school life = missing 1 whole year of education.