Wessex Learning Trust
Contact Report a Student Absence
By law we have to keep a detailed record of reasons for student absence. The number of times that a student has been absent during that academic year, is reported in their reports. This is a national requirement. It is vital that parents inform the school of the reason for any absence of their child.
We know it can be difficult to send your child to school if they aren’t quite feeling 100%. If you want your child to give school a go, this form lets our staff know they are ‘under the weather’, so they can keep an eye on them and help quickly if they start to feel worse. Managing to attend for half a day will be better than not attending at all. The NHS online guidance ‘Is my child too ill for school?’ gives advice on when to keep your child at home and when it might be better to send them into school.
Under the Weather Form -Supporting Nailsea Students to Continue to Attend School – Fill in form
Further details can be found here Attendance & Punctuality – Nailsea School
The School may request medical evidence for the reasons. This can be communicated in a number of ways:
Failure to provide such evidence will result in absences being unauthorised. A screen shot or the forwarding of the appointment confirmation by text message or email will also suffice.
Where the reason for absence is other than for illness, permission should be obtained in advance by letter or email, from the relevant Head of House. Only the school can authorise a student’s absence.
Students who show low rates of attendance will be referred to the school’s Attendance officer. This would apply to those students who have less than 95% attendance.
If you would like to discuss the barriers in attending for your son/daughter then please make an appointment with your child’s Head of House. We may be able to advise some strategies +/or interventions to improve attendance.