Parents
Where this policy refers to a parent, it refers to the adult the school and/or local authority decides is most appropriate to work with, including:
- All natural parents, whether they are married or not
- All those who have parental responsibility for a child or young person
- Those who have day-to-day responsibility for the child (i.e. lives with and looks after them)
Parents are expected to:
- Make sure their child attends every day on time
- Call the school to report their child’s absence before 9am on the day of the absence and each subsequent day of absence, and advise when they are expected to return
- Provide the school with more than 1 emergency contact number for their child
Ensure that, where possible, appointments for their child are made outside of the school day
- Seek support, where necessary, for maintaining good attendance, by contacting the head teacher, who can be contacted via the school’s contact details on the website.
Pupils
Pupils are expected to:
Schools should put this information
Attend school every day, on time
Parents and students can expect the following from Our Lady of Lourdes Trust;
- Regular, efficient and accurate recording of attendance,
- Early contact with parents when a pupil fails to attend school without providing a reason
- Immediate and confidential action on any problem notified to us
- Rewarding good attendance
- A quality education
