Attendance

At St Sebastian’s RC Primary School, we strive for the highest possible standard of education for all pupils and recognise that this can only be achieved by supporting and promoting excellent attendance and punctuality. This is based on the belief that only by attending school regularly and punctually will pupils be able to take full advantage of the educational opportunities available to them. Our Attendance Policy can be viewed in the files below.

Parents / carers play a key role in ensuring primary-aged pupils attend school regularly and arrive on time. School gates open at 8.40am and registers are taken at 8.45pm. We have created an Attendance and Punctuality Factsheet with parents which can be viewed in the files below.

Our target attendance for the whole school is 96%.

Our attendance in the acadmic year 2022-2023 was 92.71%.

Our attendance in the acadmic year 2023-2024 was 93.1%.

Our current attendance is 92.7% (to 23/5/2025).

There is a clear link between attendance and acadmic achievement. The poster How School Attendance Affects Learning, in the files below, highlights this.

New Legislation comes into force on 19th August 2024 regarding the issuing of penalty notices relating to none school attendance. The following changes will come into force for penalty notice fines issued after 19th August 2024. Please read the Changes to Penalty Notice Legislation document below for information.

The school's Attendance Team, together with the Headteacher and the Education Welfare Officer work closely and meet regularly with families to find solutions to improving attendance and punctuality of those potentially vulnerable pupils or those struggling with medical issues.