Attendance is one of the most important areas of school life that the parents and carers of our pupils can make the biggest impact to their learning. Here at Our Lady’s we pride ourselves in having high expectations of the children and endeavour for them to thrive in our vibrant, nurturing and christian environment. As a result we have set a school target of 96% attendance for each academic year.
All our pupils are entitled to the same experiences and opportunities that school brings so if they are not attending they are missing out.
If you would like any helpful information to support your child’s attendance, the following websites will be helpful:
https://www.knowsley.gov.uk/residents/education-and-schools/school-attendance-issues.aspx
What you need to know
As a parent it is your legal responsibility to ensure that your child goes to school. All absences need to be reported to school by 9:30am on the day of the absence. This can be via telephone call on 0151 477 8220 or by email ourlady@knowsley.gov.uk
If school is not informed then school safeguarding protocols will be followed.
If your child is absent for less than 90% of their academic year they will be classed as persistently absent.
Lateness after the registers have closed is recorded as an unauthorised absence. Accrued unauthorised asences can lead to persistent abesences.
Punctuality is exteremely important so that your child does not miss out on any learning and social opportunities during the morning. Our doors are open from 8.40 am and we expect children to be in by 8.55am
