School Day at Wellgate Primary 

Attendance at Wellgate Primary
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The Every Child Matters Academy Trust is committed to promoting a culture of high expectation, achievement and excellence. Good attendance is crucial if students are to take advantage of the opportunities available to them and complete a successful journey through their time at the Trust’s schools and as they move on into higher education or the world of work. All the Trust’s stakeholders (including parents, staff, Governors and Trustees) need to work in partnership to ensure everyone is aware of their responsibilities in our aim to promote high standards of attendance and punctuality. The overall aim for all children should be for 100% attendance therefore any absence should only be for unavoidable and genuine reasons. We are committed to meeting our obligation with regards to school attendance through our whole-school culture and ethos that values good attendance, including: • Promoting good attendance • Reducing absence, including persistent and severe absence • Ensuring every pupil has access to the full-time education to which they are entitled • Acting early to address patterns of absence • Building strong relationships with families to ensure pupils have the support in place to attend school 

The Attendance Team

Why is regular attendance important?

Any absence, including family holidays, negatively affects the pattern of a child’s education and regular absence will seriously affect learning and achievement. It can also have a de-motivating effect if they are unable to access parts of the curriculum following absences. Every school day matters. Our schools will seek to build on partnerships with parents/carers by informing them about attendance and punctuality concerns at an early stage. The school’s Attendance Officer and office staff are responsible for making daily calls with regard to children’s non-attendance to parents and carers. Part of this role is also to record absence correctly on the attendance system (SIMS) for our school. Good attendance and punctuality is recognised and rewarded in school in various ways.