Parents & Children
Attendance

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This is a successful school and your child plays their part in making it so. We aim for an environment which enables and encourages all members of the community to reach out for excellence. For our children to gain the greatest benefit from their education it is vital that they attend regularly and your child should be at school, on time, every day that the school is open, unless the reason for the absence is unavoidable.

The Senior Attendance Champion within school is the Headteacher: Mrs J Owen

If your child is ill or absent you MUST inform school by 9.00 a.m. You can do this in the following ways:

  1. Telephone school (01254) 830700 from 8a.m. or leave a message on the answer phone

  2. See Mrs Owen on the school gate

  3. Call personally into the school office

  4. Email Mrs Pullin (bursar@brinscall.lancs.sch.uk)

 

Responding to non-attendance

If a pupil has not attended school and you have not contacted us to let us know why, we will respond in the following manner:

  • Try to make contact with you via the telephone.

  • If we cannot contact you on the telephone, visit your home address.

  • Our school office will enquire about ALL absences that we have not been notified about.

  • If you do not inform school about an absence your child could receive an UNAUTHORISED absence.

  • Mrs Owen monitors the attendance of ALL pupils at the school and will contact parents if there are concerns.

 

Please see latest the LCC guidance on 'Excessive Leave' from January 2025:

Excessive Leave Letter to Parents

 

From 1st January 2025, the following rules will apply:

  1. Unauthorised leave less than 15 school days: penalty notice issued

  2. Unauthorised leave of 15 school days or more: the Local Authority will review any requests for penalty notices and may prosecute parents and not offer the opportunity to pay a penalty notice fine instead.

 

Please click to read all the latest guidance and updates from September 2024:

Parents’ Guide to Attendance

 

Time away from school has a HUGE impact on your child’s education:

 

Monitoring Attendance in School

Attendance Monitoring Strategies in Place

 

Improving attendance is a National priority. Please see the government guidance below:

Summary Table of Responsibilities for School Attendance

Working Together to Improve Attendance

 

Our target for the whole school attendance is 96%

Every child has the right to attend school every day. Casual attendance and frequent absence really has a detrimental effect on children’s education and emotional development. At Brinscall St John’s everyone has their part to play in ensuring that all children attend regularly.

We want our school to have the best attendance, so that our children can learn as much as they possibly can.

This is achieved by:

Parent / Carer Responsibilities:

  • To ensure their child attends school regularly and on time.

  • To inform school preferably between 8:00am and 8.45am on the first day of a child’s absence.

  • To keep in contact with the school should there be difficult home circumstances requiring support from the school.

  • To not take holidays during term time as these will be unauthorised and a penalty notice may be issued. (Holidays are strictly not allowed in term time.)

  • To take medical and dentist appointments outside school time if possible.

  • To co-operate with the school in our aim to improve attendance.

The School’s Responsibilities:

  • Inform parents of their responsibilities for maintaining regular attendance for their child.

  • We aim to support any family in difficulties or crisis.

  • Refer families requiring support to Mrs Tina Salmon, our children and family support worker as necessary.

  • We value and reward good attendance; termly and annually through certificates, praise in assembly, rewards and a class attendance treats. 

 

We will inform you if your child is regularly late for school and we will request an explanation. Parents/carers will be invited into school to discuss this concern with our Headteacher, in the hope of resolving the problem.

To raise standards, please be aware, letters will be sent from school or the Education Welfare Services if there are any concerns.

 

Research shows that the closer a school and family work together the more likely a child will succeed.

Please see our Attendance Policy:

Attendance Policy