{"id":4432,"date":"2026-09-22T14:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/?p=4432"},"modified":"2026-09-22T14:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:03:20","slug":"attendance-at-school-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/2026\/09\/22\/attendance-at-school-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Attendance at School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attendance at school is a National and Local priority.\u00a0 This is because non attendance has such a high impact on children&#8217;s progress not just academically but socially and emotionally also. The illustration below captures what absence looks like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131445\/Attendance.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4433\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/2026\/09\/22\/attendance-at-school-2\/attendance-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131445\/Attendance.png\" data-orig-size=\"384,379\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Attendance\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131445\/Attendance-300x296.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131445\/Attendance.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4433 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131445\/Attendance-300x296.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131445\/Attendance-300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131445\/Attendance.png 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To assist parents to be aware of the percentage their child has been attending, a text will be sent out at the beginning of each week,\u00a0 starting this week, with the overall attendance for every pupil.\u00a0 Parents of any pupil falling below 90% should contact the school to speak with Mrs Milne to discuss supporting their child&#8217;s attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that the earlier in the term that your child is absent, the bigger impact that will be seen on the percentage attendance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131455\/Screenshot-2026-09-22-081154.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4434\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/2026\/09\/22\/attendance-at-school-2\/screenshot-2026-09-22-081154\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131455\/Screenshot-2026-09-22-081154.png\" data-orig-size=\"435,323\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-09-22 081154\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131455\/Screenshot-2026-09-22-081154-300x223.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131455\/Screenshot-2026-09-22-081154.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4434\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131455\/Screenshot-2026-09-22-081154-300x223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131455\/Screenshot-2026-09-22-081154-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131455\/Screenshot-2026-09-22-081154.png 435w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131502\/missing-out.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4435\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/2026\/09\/22\/attendance-at-school-2\/missing-out\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131502\/missing-out.png\" data-orig-size=\"333,376\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"missing out\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131502\/missing-out-266x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131502\/missing-out.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4435\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131502\/missing-out-266x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131502\/missing-out-266x300.png 266w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/09\/22131502\/missing-out.png 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attendance at school is a National and Local priority.\u00a0 This is because non attendance has such a high impact on children&#8217;s progress not just academically but socially and emotionally also. The illustration below captures what absence looks like. To assist parents to be aware of the percentage their child has been attending, a text will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/2026\/09\/22\/attendance-at-school-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Attendance at School<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4681,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parent-information"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4681"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4436,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4432\/revisions\/4436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}