The Hingham School day:

Total hours: 32.5 hours

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PLEASE DO NOT BOOK HOLIDAYS IN TERM TIME - it will be recorded as unauthorised absence and may result in a fixed penalty notice.
Attendance is vital for progress and success. Please give your child every chance of success. Get them to school!

Being Late 
School starts at 8:45am.
The gates and doors will be closed at 8:50am. 

IF YOU ARRIVE AFTER THE REGISTER CLOSES (9:05am)THEN IT WILL MARKED IN THE REGISTER AND BE CONSIDERED AN ABSENCE.

OVER 9 OF THESE MARKS COULD LEAD TO LEGAL ACTION.

Absence
Please  contact the school on the first day of absence. The answering machine  is there for these messages if you can not get through. This is a matter of great importance. PLEASE ALWAYS PHONE.

EXTRACT FROM THE POLICY

4. Our Procedures

The register is taken at 8:50am. The staff take the register directly on Scholarpack.

They are able to mark present or absent and can record a note if appropriate.

Office staff then check the registers to ensure that any further notes are added (from face-to-face conversations, telephone calls, voicemail messages or emails).

The registers close at 9:10am. Children arriving after this time are considered late and will be marked U (Late - after the registers).

     The afternoon registration will be at 1. 00 pm.  The registers will close at 1.25 pm.

Any absence will be followed up if a concern or if a parent/carer has not communicated the reason with school.

    Expected absence procedure for parents:

A parent has a legal responsibility to ensure that their child attends school regularly. If a child is unavoidably absent from school parents are expected to contact school by telephone call on the morning of the first day of absence and on each subsequent day, identifying the reason for absence and the expected date of return. If no contact is received, then absence protocols will be instigated.

If a child is absent from school the parent must follow these procedures:

• Contact the school on the first day of absence before 9:10am when our register closes.
• Our preferred communication method is by phone – (01953 850304). There is the option to leave a Voicemail message if the staff are busy. Parents/Carers should leave a message.
• Alternatively, parents/carers can email reason for absence or speak to the school office to explain the absence – office@hingham.norfolk.sch.uk.
• Contact the school on every further day of absence, again before 9:10am.
• Ensure that your child returns to school as soon as possible.

This year our target for attendance is 98%.

Every child should aim for high attendance. We understand that some children need to take time off for hospital appointments or have a chronic illness may lead to further time off. However, all children should aim to "BE THEIR BEST" and this means having attendance that is the best possible for that child. 

If your child is sick or has diarrhoea they must take 48 hours from the last episode to recover. It is not acceptable to take time off for treating head lice. 

No holidays will be authorised. If holidays are longer that 5 school days the Attendance Process will begin.

If your child has a large amount of absent days the the Attendance Process will begin.

Attendance Process

1. Meeting with the headteacher and action plan put in place.

2. Review with headteacher. If no improvement then a referral to the local authority will take place.

3. Referral will be processed and may result in further attendance meetings with Local Authority attendance officers or a fixed penalty fine.

4. Legal action would take place with non-payment.