This page provides access to information and documents that parents of students at Sprowston Community High School will find useful. If there is anything else that we can help with, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Good Attendance at school is necessary for students to meet the Every Child Matters outcomes as identified by the DCFS.
These are to:
Be Healthy;
Stay safe;
Enjoy and achieve;
Make a positive contribution;
Achieve economic well being.
Attendance matters and we monitor students’ attendance closely. Heads of Year scrutinise students’ attendance on a weekly basis and meet with our Attendance Improvement Officer, Julie Fleming to discuss the attendance of individuals.
It is important for parents/guardians/carers to keep the school fully informed of any attendance problems so that they may be addressed and a plan put in place to support a student to attend regularly.
We would like to remind parents and carers that any unforeseen school closures will be broadcast on local radio stations (Radio Norfolk, Radio Broadland and Radio Norwich) as well as being posted on the County Council website. Of course, any school closure will also be posted here on the front page of the school website.
The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 currently allow head teachers to grant leave of absence for the purpose of a family holiday during term time in ‘special circumstances’, of up to ten school days leave per year.
However, changes to the regulations have removed references to family holidays and make it clear that head teachers may not grant any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Exceptional circumstances may be:
Therefore, the current law does not give any entitlement to parents to take their child on holiday during term time. This means that from 1st September 2013, schools in the Sprowston Cluster cannot authorise any holidays.
Please be aware that these rules are set by the Government, not the schools, and if you decide to take your child out of school during term-time unauthorised, you may receive a penalty notice from the Local Authority.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you are unsure how these changes affect you.
As you will be aware when you as parents/carers attend your child’s parent evening you are offered the opportunity to complete a short questionnaire. The results of these questionnaires have been published on the schools website throughout the school year.
What you may not be aware of is the fact that we as governors also regularly review the feedback you have provided. Feedback from parents and carers is important to us, as it helps us understand what the school is doing well and equally areas where maybe we could do better.
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