Attendance
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Raise your child's attendance - Raise their chances!
At Outwood Grange Academy excellent attendance and puncuality is our aim for every student. Full attendance maximises learning opportunities and parents/carers have a vital role in promoting good attitudes in attendance. We ask for support from parents/carers to ensure that their children are present at every opportunity, arrive on time and to avoid allowing children to stay at home unnecessarily, or taking them out of school without authorisation. Evidence shows that students who attend school regularly make better progress both academically and socially.
We monitor student's attendance closely and will follow up unexplained absence with parents/carers, by telephone or by letter. Where a student's attendance record reaches a concerning level, we will contact you to discuss ways in which the Academy can support you and your child.
Our Academy attendance target of 95% is the minimum that we expect for all students. Every lesson counts and it is this commitment to learning that will have a positive effect on student's examinations and their futures.
Persistent Absence
The Department for Education is changing the definition of ‘Persistent Absence’ to deal with the reality of pupil absenteeism in schools and its impact on their learning. The Department is reducing the threshold at which a pupil is defined as ‘persistently absent’ to 15% absence now, down from 20% previously.
To read the BBC news article, please click on the here.
