Every minute counts

Frequent absence can add up to a considerable amount of lost learning and can seriously disadvantage your child in adult life.

• 5 minutes late every day means around 3 ½ days of education are missed
• a score of 90% in a test would be a good result but 90% attendance means that a child will have missed around 100 lessons over a school year.

The majority of our students are on time to school every day. Thank you for your ongoing support in ensuring that your daughter attends school on time every day. Lesson 1 begins promptly at 8:45am, which means that your daughter needs to be in her seat waiting for the register to be taken by 08:40am.

Students who are late, without a valid reason, will sit in a 30 minute after school detention on the same day.

Dates for your calendar

• 16th December 2024 – Year 7 Cinema Trip – students are to be at school for 8.30am
• 17th December 2024 – Year 8 & 9 Cinema Trip – students are to be at school for 8.30am
• 18th December 2024 – Year 10 & 11 Cinema Trip – students are to be at school for 8.30 am
• 19th December – School Talent Show 6pm
• 20th December 2024 – Sixth Form Cinema Trip – students are to be at school for 8.30 am
• 20th December 2024 – Autumn Term Ends – students finish at 2.05pm
• 6th January 2025 – Teacher Training Day
• 7th January 2025 – School resumes for all students
• 15th January 2025- Year 9 Parents Evening Online via school cloud 4.30-6.30 pm – Students finish at 2.05pm (The booking system will go live on 3rd January, an email will be sent on the day with instructions.)