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Attending school regularly is one of the most important factors in your success. If your attendance is above 95%, you’re giving yourself the best possible chance to learn, grow, and achieve your goals. Falling below 90% attendance means missing the equivalent of half a year of education over your time in secondary school � a gap that can significantly impact your progress.

The graph above shows national research, on the importance of attendance on GCSE outcomes. Whilst an attendance of 90% may not seem that low, this research showed that it can reduce your child檚 chances of achieving 5+ GCSEs at grade 5-9 including English and Maths from around 82% to 57%.

Things To Remember

• Always ask your parents/carers to phone the Academy on�0117 37 72703痶o let us know if you are absent�by 8.30am each day of absence�for safeguarding reasons.
• Arrive at school on time. If you are late, sanctions may be imposed.
• Unauthorised absences may result in a penalty notice of 拢80 per parent, per child.
• As a result of new legislation since September 2013, the Academy is not痯ermitted to grant leave of absence for holidays during term time, any unauthorised time off for a holiday will result in a penalty notice.

Lateness Policy

Sanctions for lateness will be imposed on a daily痓asis. After each late arrival痑n after school痙etention will be痝iven. Further late arrivals will result in a meeting with the Attendance Officer.疞ate arrivals after the register has closed will be recorded as an unauthorised absence.疨arents will be notified of any late arrivals by a text message.听

Attendance Policy

After�6痷nauthorised痑bsence sessions (A day is made up of 2 sessions AM/PM)痺ithin a 10 week period a痯enalty notice痺arning letter will be sent to parents/carers. 6 unauthorised absence sessions could be comprised of�3痜ull days or 6痟alf days, including lateness after the register has closed. If there are 2 further unauthorised absences痺ithin痑�10 week period痑 penalty notice application will be made.听

Parents of students with poor attendance can expect to be asked to attend a meeting in school to discuss the reasons and agree a strategy to make improvements.听

Sickness

If your child is sick please call the attendance line on�0117 37 72703痓efore 8:30am to advise;痯roviding details of the type of illness.� If your child is sick for more than one day you will need to call on each morning of the absence to advise.听

Many students feel unwell but are able to make it into the academy if they take medication such as painkillers before coming in.听 If you need support with knowing if your child is too ill for school then use this guidance:听

How ill is too ill

Should I keep my child off school guidance

Medical Appointments

If you do need to make a medical appointment for your child please try and arrange appointments for before, or after school.听 If students are well enough to attend school before and/or after the appointment, then they should be attending BBA.听

Term Time Leave

As per current regulations and DfE advice on school attendance (2013) we would like to advise you that the Principal will痭ot grant any Leave of Absence in term time unless�exceptional circumstances�exist. 疊y exceptional we mean rare, significant,�unavoidable痑nd short.� By unavoidable, we mean an event that could not reasonably be arranged at another time.听

笔濒别补蝉别�click here�for more information, and to download a Leave of疉bsence Request Form.听