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Attendance & Absence

Regular attendance at school is essential to ensure uninterrupted progress and to enable children to extend their potential. All Saints CE Primary School expects and encourages all children to attend every day, as long as they are fit and healthy enough to do so. We believe that the most important factor in promoting good attendance is the development of positive attitudes towards school and learning.
My child is unwell

We know sometimes children cannot attend school due to illness. However, medical advice is clear that children with mild illness will often be well enough to attend - for example with a slight cough/cold without a temperature.

The following link contains the advice we follow as a school when making recommendations for parents. Please note, parents should keep children off school for 48hrs following the last bout of vomiting or diarrhoea to safeguard other pupils and staff from contracting the same illness and preventing an outbreak.

If your child's attendance is lower than school expectations (95%), you may be requested to provide evidence of illness in the form of a medical appointment confirmation text/email, or prescription in the name of the child covering the period of absence as closely as possible.

Medical / Dental Appointments

Medical and dental appointments should be made outside of school hours. Where this is not possible, your child should be out of school for the minimum amount of time necessary for the appointment. Please use the form below to let us know about appointments in advance.

Family Holidays during Term Time

Current legislation makes it clear parents have a legal duty to ensure full-time education for their children. Headteachers can only authorise a leave of absence for 'exceptional circumstances'.

'Exceptional circumstances' are defined as being rare, significant, unavoidable and short.

Although each case is considered on an individual basis, family holidays are not considered 'exceptional circumstances' and are unlikely to be authorised.

Parents can be fined for taking their child on holiday during term time. For full details, please see our Attendance Policy (link below).

If you need to take your child out of school during term-time for any reason, please complete the Leave of Absence Request Form below.
 
A printed version is available from the school office if required. You will receive a response within 7 school days. If the absence is sooner, please email absences@allsaints.herts.sch.uk with the full details.
 
Please remember to email a scan/photo/screenshot of appointment confirmation letters or text messages to absences@allsaints.herts.sch.uk 
 
Thank you.
 
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