Attendance and Punctuality
Timing of the school day
EYFS (Nursery) 8.45-3.00pm - Lunch 12-1:00pm
EYFS (Reception) 8.35-3.00pm - Lunch 12-1:00pm
Key Stage 1 (Year 1 and 2) 8.35-3.00pm - Lunch 12-1:00pm
Key Stage 2 (Year 3- Year 6) 8.35-3.00pm - Lunch 12.10-1:00pm
Before school club from 7.30am - Rising Stars
After school club - Rising Stars
As a school we strive to work in partnership with parents and carers to promote high attendance of children. We expect children to attend school whenever they are fit and well. If a child is absent, we ask parents and carers to call us everyday that their child is not in school.
Our Attendance Leads are Mrs. Mehan in the school office and Mrs. Kramer. Mrs. Mehan is responsible for following up on absence by telephone if we have not received a reason for absence. It is much appreciated if parents and carers can phone or email the school office before 8.35am every morning to provide reasons for absence. In line with Hertfordshire safeguarding procedures, if we can not contact parents to obtain a valid reason for absence, we refer a child to Children's Services for follow up. We work closely with the Attendance Improvement Service and refer children to them when we have attendance concerns.
We do not authorise any holidays for children of statutory school age and we contact all parents and carers who request absence for holidays to discuss their request.
As a school we retain the right to unauthorise absence if we do not receive a satisfactory reason for the absence.
Mrs. Kramer monitors attendance on a daily basis and contacts parents/carers of children with low attendance to arrange follow up meetings. We use the following approaches to support families where attendance is a concern:
- Reduced timetables
- Desensitisation programmes
- Attendance Improvement Plans
- Referrals to Family Support Worker/Mental Health support
Attendance Policy 2024-2026
Attendance Guide for Parents September 2024
ATTENDANCE GUIDE FOR PARENTS September 2024
Attendance 2025-2026
Week beginning 13th April 2026
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 100%.
Week beginning 23rd March 2026
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 97.33 %.
100% attendance for March -150 pupils.
Best attendance for March- Year 2 with 98.6%.
100% attendance for Spring Term 2 -137 pupils.
100% attendance for Spring Term 1 and 2- 83 pupils.
Week beginning 16th March 2026
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 99.67%.
Week beginning 9th March 2026
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 100%.
Week beginning 2nd March 2026
Nursery had the highest attendance this week with 99.47%.
Reception had the best attendance with 98.1%.
167 children had 100% attendance for February.
Week beginning 23rd February 2026
Reception had the highest attendance this week with 99.17%.
Week beginning 9th February 202
Reception & Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 98.33%.
100% attendance for January- 154 children.
Best attendance for January.
1 -Year 3 with 98.4%.
2- Year 4 98.2%.
Week beginning 2nd February 2026
Reception & Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 98.33%.
100% attendance for January- 154 children.
Best attendance for January.
1 -Year 3 with 98.4.%
2Year 4 98.2%
Week beginning 26th January 2026
Year 3 and 4 had the highest attendance this week with 98%.
Week beginning 19th January 2026
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 98.67%.
Week beginning 12th January 2026
Year 2 had the highest attendance this week with 100%.
Week beginning 5th January 2026
Nursery, Reception, Year 1, Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 had the highest attendance this week with 100%.
Week beginning 15th December 2025
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 98.1%
100% attendance for December-161 pupils
100% attendance for Autumn Term 2 -108 pupils
100% attendance for Autumn Term-73 pupils
Best Attendance for Autumn Term-
1 Year 4 98.1%
2 Year 2 97.8%
3 Year 3 97.1%
Week beginning 8th December 2025
Year 2 had the highest attendance this week with 97%.
Week beginning 1st December 2025
Year 2 had the highest attendance this week with 97.5%.
Best Attendance for November:
1st - Year 4 with 98.3%
2nd -Year 2 with 98.2%.
155 children received a sticker for achieving 100% attendance for November.
Week beginning 24th November 2025
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 98.97%.
Week beginning 17th November 2025
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 99.31%.
Week beginning 10th November 2025
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 99.66%.
Week beginning 3rd November 2025
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 100%.
Week beginning 20th October 2025
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 99%.
100% attendance for October-159 pupils.
Best Attendance for October- Year 4 with 98.6%.
100% attendance for Autumn 1- 115 pupils
Whole School for Autumn Term 1- 97.1%
Week beginning 13th October 2025
Reception had the highest attendance this week with 98.33%.
Week beginning 6th October 2025
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 98.59%.
Week beginning 29th September 2025
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 100%.
158 children received stickers to celebrate 100% attendance in September.
Week beginning 22ndSeptember 2025
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 99%.
Week beginning 15th September 2025
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 99.67 %.
Week beginning 8th September 2025
Year 6 had the highest attendance this week with 98.92 %.
End of Year Attendance
We believe in the importance of recognising and rewarding good attendance at school. We appreciate that sometimes absence from school is unavoidable, therefore we acknowledge good attendance regularly and offer monthly, termly and yearly awards to maximise opportunities for children to receive a reward.
Each week the class with the highest attendance for the week receives the Attendance Cup and every member of the class receives a sticker. At the end of each month, every child with 100% attendance for that month is celebrated in assembly and receives a sticker. At the end of the term, all children with 100% attendance is celebrated in assembly, mentioned in the newsletter and receives a badge in assembly. At the end of the year, all children with 100% attendance for the year receive trophies to recognise this achievement.