Attendance Information | Coleman Primary School

Attendance Policy 2018-2020.Coleman.pdf

Welcome to the Autumn term (2019-2020).

I am pleased to inform you of the winning classes, for week ending 29th November 2019, who will receive the 'Attendance Gnome' trophies along with a certificate. Please visit the foyer where you will see these trophies on display.

EYFS Winner: F1(AM) - Congratulations to the children and Mrs Bruce

KS1 winner: 2A - Congratulations to the children and Mrs Allen

KS2 winner: 4V - Congratulations to the children and Miss Vadher

Mrs Cassiano

Term time absences.

Attendance

It is a statutory requirement for all schools to attain attendance levels set by the Government. Coleman Primary School's attendance target this year is 96%. However the aim is for all individual pupils to have 100% attendance.

If a child’s attendance falls below 90% they will be deemed a Persistent Absentee. See policy attached for full details.

Coleman Primary School bands its pupils attendance as below:

100% - outstanding

98.01% - 99.9% (with no unauthorised absence) excellent

96.01% - 98% (with no unauthorised absence) good

90.01% - 96% concerns or requires improvement

90% and under - persistent absentee

Impact on Learning

LATENESS FACTS

Frequent lateness can add up to a considerable amount of learning lost and can obviously disadvantage your child.

If you are this many minutes late every day	You will lose this many days of learning a year
5 minutes	3.4 days
10 minutes	6.9 days
15 minutes	10.3 days
20 minutes	13.8 days
25 minutes	20.7 days

Leicester City Council Links to term dates and holidays page.