Attendance
At Whetley Academy we believe that good school attendance gives children the opportunity of success and helps develop skills for life. We believe it is vital that all children attend school every day. We have two attendance officers in school but everyone in school has their part to play in achieving good attendance.
Good attendance is encouraged and rewarded each week and each term for classes and individual pupils.
If you are experiencing difficulty in getting your child to school on a daily basis it is important that you tell us.
We are here to support you.
MISSING SCHOOL ON A REGULAR BASIS MAY:
- Seriously hinder your child’s learning and their ability to do well and make progress.
- Affect their confidence to attempt new learning and their ability to work and learn alongside others in general and as a result develop reluctance or indeed refuse to attend school.
- Disrupt your child’s routines and make them feel vulnerable on their return to school.
- Affect their ability to make and sustain friendship groups.
- Seriously hinder your child’s learning and their ability to do well and make progress.
- Lead to your child becoming disillusioned with school and education as they get older.
- Lead to you, as the parent / carer, facing legal and financial consequences. Please remember that you have a legal duty to ensure your child attends school on a regular basis.
