Attendance
Regular attendance is vital for your child’s success, helping them to achieve their best and develop important life skills.
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Regular attendance is vital for your child’s success, helping them to achieve their best and develop important life skills.
At Lift Trinity we have high expectations for all our children. Everyday attendance is important to us. We encourage you all to make each day count as only a few days of absence can have an impact on your child’s learning.
190 school days per academic year
Children who attend 98%-100% have the best chance of success. Children who have below 95% attendance have at least 10 days off in the school year which will have an impact on their learning. Children who have 90% attendance have less chance of success and families will be referred to the local education welfare officer.
175 non school days a year for appointments and holidays
Children have 175 days a year to go on holiday, have appointments, visit family etc. We will not authorise holidays or routine appointments during term time. If you wish to request your child absent for exceptional circumstances, you must fill out an absence of leave form at the school office.
Attendance awards
Every week we celebrate all the classes who have achieved 100% attendance. Every half term the class with the best attendance gets a special treat. This may be a class party, a local trip, movie and popcorn afternoon and lots more! At the end of each term, individual children are recognised and rewarded for their attendance. They receive a certificate and prize and are given a raffle ticket to potentially win our end of year prize.
If your child is unable to attend school, please contact the school office in the morning before 08:50am on 0208 888 3736 to let staff know.
Contact the school to report the absence and provide the reason and expected return date.
Keep the school informed of your child’s progress and update the expected return date where possible. Absences can be reported by phone or via the school’s dedicated absence email: Contact us
If we haven’t heard from you by a set time (usually 10:30 am), a member of the school’s administration team will contact you to confirm the reason for absence.
Parents and carers are legally responsible for ensuring their child attends school regularly and punctually. Failure to do so could result in legal action by the local authority.
Under the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 2006, only the school can authorise an absence – not parents or carers.
Time off for holidays during term time is not a legal right. Any request for a leave of absence must be made in advance by completing an absence form and submitting it to the school office. If a holiday is taken without permission, the absence will be recorded as ‘unauthorised’ and could result in legal action.
You can read the government advice here:
https://www.gov.uk/school-attendance-absence
Regular school attendance is essential because:
A request of special leave can be requested in exceptional circumstances and is at the discretion of the Principal. A request for special leave form must be filled out and given to the office with supporting documents.
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Lift Trinity,
Bounds Green Road,
Wood Green,
N22 8ES.
