Attendance
School starts at 8.45am daily.
Miss Paton is our school Pupil Wellebing Manager for Attendance. (During her current period of leave - this role is covered temporarily by Miss Jackson) Please ring on 01744 671908 the attendance number or 01744 671909 via the school office. You can also let school know if your child is too unwell to attend, by using our absence reporting system 'Study Bugs' on the website homepage. The App for Study Bugs can be downloaded for a smart phone also. Click on the image below.
Meet the rest of the School Attendance Team:
Miss Amanda Paton is our school Wellbeing, Welfare and Attendance Manager. You can contact Miss Paton on 01744 671908. Miss Paton works in school each day.
Mrs Judith Fowler and Mrs Diane Russel are our Local Authority Education Welfare Officers.
You will see all members of the school Attendance Team in and around the school.
The School Attendance and Wellbeing team are always available to speak/meet with you and any offer support.
School Attendance
Attendance is one of the most important areas of school life that the parents and carers of our pupils can make the biggest impact to their learning. Here at St. Anne's we pride ourselves in having high expectations of the children and endeavour for them to thrive in our vibrant, nurturing and christian environment. As a result we have set a school target of 97% attendance for each academic year.
All our pupils are entitled to the same experiences and opportunities that school brings so if they are not attending they are missing out.
If you would like any helpful information to support your child's attendance, the following websites will be helpful:
www.sthelens.gov.uk/schools-education/education-welfare-service/
What you need to know
As a parent it is your legal responsibility to ensure that your child goes to school. If they cannot go for any reason you should tell the school and they may authorise the absence if appropriate. All absences need to be reported to school by 9:30am on the day of the absence. This can be via email [email protected], telephone call 01744 671908 /671909 or via the studybugs reporting system on the website. If school is not informed then school safeguarding protocols will be followed.
If your child is absent for 10% of their academic year they will be classed as persistently absent. Lateness after the registers have closed is recorded as an unauthorised absence. Accrued unauthorised asences can lead to persistent abesences.
Punctuality is exteremely important so that your child does not miss out on any learning and social opportunities during the morning.
The table below shows the importance of good attendance.
Please be advised that you may be asked to provide medical evidence for a pupil absence if their attendance begins to cause concern. This can be the form of a medication label, proof of medicine from the chemist or appointment card/letter. We do not expect doctors or other medical professionals to provide any written evidence.
Receiving the correct medical evidence will enable us to mark the school register correctly, as per government guidelines.
School does not authorise holidays for pupils in term time
Please refer to the school holiday calendar on our website for dates of when half term holidays are set. You can also request a paper copy of our school holiday calendars at the school office for this academic year and next.
All requests for absence must be made in writing using the schools Leave of Absence request form avaiable from the school office.
In order to have requests for a leave of absence considered, the school will expect parents to contact
the headteacher in writing at least four weeks prior to the proposed start date of the leave of absence,
providing the reason for the proposed absence and the dates during which the absence would be
expected to occur.
Penalty Notices may be issued to each parent of a child in respect of a child being taken on
holiday in term time.
Please see our Attendance Policy for further information under the Policies Tab clicking on the green tab on the homepage:
St Anne's Catholic Primary School: School Policies, statutory information and GDPR.
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