Absence Procedure

If your child is to be absent for any reason, please text school, before 8.30am where possible, using the following number: 07860054635

Please ensure that you include your child’s full name, form group and details of their absence.

You are required to text school each day if your child is going to be absent.

Appointments during the school day

Ideally, appointments should be arranged outside of school hours; however, if your child has an unavoidable appointment during the school day, please email evidence of the appointment to [email protected], at least 24 hours in advance where possible.

Please ensure that your child knows what time they need to come to the Student Hub to sign out of school. In your email, please include:

  • student’s full name
  • form group
  • details of the appointment, with evidence where possible
  • the time your child will need to leave school
  • whether they are being collected or making their own way to the appointment

If you are collecting your child, please do so via the student entrance, where your child will sign out of school.

Attendance

Laurus Trust schools are committed to promoting the welfare of our students through regular school attendance. Every day lost to education can have a serious impact on students’ attainment and overall progress in school. The link between good attendance and high levels of achievement is undeniable. Poor attendance and lateness may also be detrimental to the social adjustment and development of students.

We are therefore fully committed to promoting school attendance by providing an environment and ethos where all students feel safe and can build positive relationships with their peers.

As a school, we will:

  • promote and reward good attendance and punctuality
  • deal promptly with the causes of poor attendance and lateness
  • involve all staff, students, parents/carers, governors and outside agencies in promoting good attendance
  • refer to Stockport’s Education Welfare team when students are persistently absent 

We ask that parent/carers:

  • promote the importance of good attendance and punctuality
  • ensure their child arrives at school on time each day
  • notify the school each day their child is unable to attend and provide a reason
  • arrange medical appointments, where possible, for out of school hours and provide evidence for all medical appointments
  • do not take their children on holiday in term time

Our Attendance Policy can be found under the policies section of our website.