Our school start and finish times are as follows:

• Doors open for all children – 8:35am
• Registration for all children – 8:45am
• End of day for Reception and KS1: 3:15pm
• End of day for KS2: 3.20pm

We monitor the attendance of all pupils consistently. This includes missed sessions and/or lateness. Should your child's attendance decline, you will hear from our Attendance Officer, Claire Bell, in the first instance.

Any attendance queries/notifications can be sent to the email address attendance@bartonseagraveprimary.co.uk

We promote the importance of good attendance for all children. Awards are given on a weekly basis to the class with the best attendance. We award end-of-year certificates to children who have had 100% attendance along with termly texts home. Attendance figures are shared via our regular newsletters and weekly Barton bulletin.

Persistent Absentees

From September 2015, the Government has changed the threshold for persistent absenteeism. A pupil of compulsory school age who has an absence rate of 10% or more (attendance of 90% or less) will be classed as a persistent absentee.

As of September 2015, Penalty Notices can be issued for any of the following:

• The pupil has attendance levels of 90% or below and at least 8 sessions of unauthorised absence within a 10-week period (up to 3 penalty notices may be issued in any academic year).
• Persistent late arrival at school after the register has closed contributing to a level of attendance of 90% or below;
• Leave of absence in term time which has not been authorised by the school;
• Not remaining within the dates agreed for any authorised leave of absence

Leave of Absence form can be found here: Form