Charlotte Nursery and Infant School

Coming to school every day and on time is so important.

We work hard at Charlotte Nursery and Infant School to support and encourage children and families to have great attendance.

Why is attendance important?

• It's the law
• Increases self-esteem
• Children are happier
• Children learn more and have better opportunities
• It gives children good routines

What we do?

• We follow up all absence daily
• We have a clear attendance policy
• We have clear procedures for poor attendance
• We offer support to manage attendance 
• We reward good attendance in many ways

At Charlotte we believe that children can only achieve their full potential and access their full education if they have excellent attendance and punctuality. In order to support parents to achieve this we regularly monitor all children’s attendance.

If we are worried about your child’s attendance we will contact you to let you know that we are monitoring this and if this falls below 90% we may invite you into school for an attendance meeting with our Family Support Worker and attendance Officer. The purpose of the meeting is to find out if there are any issues that we are unaware of and to offer support and advice.

If your child's attendance does not improve then it is possible that legal proceedings may be started.  We will do everything we can to avoid parents being issued with a fine, but please appreciate that it is parent’s responsibility to ensure good attendance.

If your child is absent for any reason, then it is important that you ring school as soon as possible to let us know the reason why. If your child needs to attend a medical appointment then please bring in their appointment card or letter so this can be authorised.

Should you need to request a leave of absence for your child please follow the procedure highlighted in our policy.

WHO CAN YOU SPEAK TO?

Mrs Jackson (Attendance lead) and Miss Starkey (Family Support worker) make up our attendance team within school

You can contact them by ringing 01159320970 or emailing info@charlotte.derbyshire.sch.uk if you require any support of further information

Your child’s education and welfare are at the heart of our work on attendance. Charlotte School thanks you for your support on this matter.

Please see our attendance policy and information documents attached below