Attendance
New online absence request form:
If you need your child to be absent from school, you must let us know by completing this form:
Parents absence safeguarding form – Fill in form
PLEASE NOTE
Time taken out of school for holidays, graduations, work trips, family visits or family illness during term time WILL NOT BE AUTHORISED. Any application for leave must be for exceptional circumstances and agreed by the headteacher prior to travel in accordance with the Attendance Policy and the Headteacher's discretion. If you take your child out of school during term time, then in line with Dunkirk Primary School's Attendance Policy, Nottingham City Council's Code of Conduct and the National Framework for Penalty Notices for School Absence, you may be subject to a LOCAL AUTHORITY FINE :
The first time a referral is made for a Penalty Notice for term time leave or irregular attendance, the amount would be £160 per parent per child if paid within 28 days, reduced to £80 per parent per child if paid within 21 days. The second time a referral is made for a Penalty Notice, the amount would be £160 per parent per child, with no provision for reduction. The third time a referral is made for a Penalty Notice for term time leave or irregular attendance, a Penalty Notice will not be issued and the case presented straight to Magistrates’ Court. Any legal proceedings would relate to section 444 or 444(1A) of the Education Act 1996. Magistrates’ fines can be up to £2500 per parent per child, and cases found guilty in Magistrates’ Court can show on the parents future DBS certificate due to a ‘failure to safeguard a child’s education’.
School absence
This video highlights the importance of children being in school:
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