At Hardwick Green Primary Academy, we take a proactive approach towards school attendance – we want everyone to achieve their full potential! We reward good attendance half-termly whilst monitoring the signs of poor attendance to prevent any child falling behind. We believe in identifying triggers early on so that we can encourage families/children to become more engaged with improving their attendance - We have a specialist ‘Safeguarding Officer’ and an ‘Education Welfare Officer’ that work relentlessly to get our children into school – we understand the importance of developing strong links with the community of Hardwick… attendance is a team effort between school and home!

If a child’s attendance is good, we offer certificates across year groups and organise special rewards for those children who are consistently above 95%. Recently, top attenders have enjoyed a pizza delivery, a bouncy castle and an ice cream van for their incredible efforts.

If a child’s lateness or poor attendance is begins to increase, we may call home, send out a letter or conduct a house visit – we will do our best to contact parents/carers and offer our support. We aim to prevent any child from become a persistent absentee. If a child becomes a ‘Persistent Absentee’, we work closely with the Local Authority to address this and may eventually seek court action – parents/carers have a legal duty to make sure their children attend school.

At Hardwick Academy, families are made aware of the importance of having high attendance at school –  educational research clearly evidences that there is a link poor school attendance and future job prospects. For more information on our approach to attendance, please read our attendance policy, which can be found on the policies page here.

Attendance

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Attendance is a team effort - this document demonstrates our vision for working together to ensure our school achieves good attendance
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This diagram shows you what good attendance looks like - and the impact of missed days.
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We reward attendance in many different ways - read this document to find out more information.
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This document explains how we track your child's attendance and how we communicate it to you
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Absences can be authorised or unauthorised - this document provides guidance on what we are allowed to authorise or unauthorise when your child does not attend school
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Not attending school can hold your child back and prevent them from achieving their full potential - this document explains the negative impact on your child when they do not attend school.
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If your child is always late, they miss valuable learning time - this document shows the negative impact of lateness on your child's education.
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We strongly discourage taking holidays during school term time - this document explains the legal implications from the Local Authority should you choose to do so.
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There will be some occasions when your child is sick and can't attend school - this document provides you with the official guidance for sickness/medical related absences to minimise any further spread of infection.
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If your child is poorly, look at this guide so you know how to inform school and when they can return to school.
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A leaflet for parents and carers explaining the importance of good attendance and how we can support you with this.