8.40am School gate opens. Children line up on the school playground.

8.45am Registration. Official start of the school day.

All children arriving after 8.45am, when the gate is closed, must be accompanied to the school office by their parent /carer, where they will be signed in by a member of the Admin Team. Children will be marked as late on the registration system. Any child arriving after the register has been taken at 8.45am, but before 9.15am (when the register closes) will receive a ‘late before the close of register mark’ on the system. Any child arriving after 9.15am will receive an ‘unauthorised’ mark on the system.

1.00pm Reception and KS1 Afternoon registration.

1.15pm KS2 Afternoon registration.

3.15pm Reception and KS1 end of the school day.

3.20pm KS2 end of the school day.

Reporting absence –

Please phone 01789 740236 or email admin3024@welearn365.com to let us know before 9am if your child is unwell.

At Ettington CE Primary School, we know how important it is for children to attend school, we also know how complicated it can be to support a child, in certain cases, to have high attendance. 

Our aim is to support children and families to overcome these barriers by working with parents to enable children to be at school as much as possible.

What we find helps parents is being kept up to date with their child’s attendance and, as well as using percentages, to explain absence in ‘days missed’.

At termly parent consultations and in the end-of-year report, we will be informing parents of their child’s level of attendance.

In order for your child to be above 96% (our school target) they will need to miss less than 9 days away from school for the school year. We would obviously like to limit this to even less days missed from school.

Schools have a category for children who miss a lot of school called ‘persistently absent’ which is set at 90% or below. In real terms, this means that children miss more than 18 days of school over the school year. These children have greatly reduced chances of success. Therefore, we regularly analyse attendance and inform you if we are concerned about your child's attendance to offer support.

We also understand that some absences are completely unavoidable and, in these incidents, we will look back at children’s attendance over a few years.

Tips for parents:

1. Routines are key! Regular bedtimes, regular meal times and regular ‘home learning’ times help children get ready for school the following day. 
2. Having a ‘non-negotiable’ attitude to school is crucial – make it a normal expectation to attend 5 days a week.
3. It is important to send a child to school even if they are a little unwell (or appear to be) as long as it’s not high temperature, sickness or diarrhoea. If they are struggling, we will send them home. There are certain illnesses that a child will have to stay at home with – as recommended by the NHS. If you are unsure, please ring the school office on 01789 740236.
4. Separation anxiety is common and, quite often, once a parent or carer has left, that child quickly settles and gets on with their day. Therefore, try not to delay any goodbyes and be clear who is picking your child up at the end of the day.
5. We may be able to help if you are struggling with your child. Sometimes, there may be other people we can signpost you to who can help in other ways (medically, financially or just general advice). Please speak with us if you would like help.

Our updated Attendance Policy will be added below.