Please click here to read the Madras Attendance Strategy: Communication for Parents. This information is shared with all schools in the Madras Cluster as we have a common approach to promoting excellent attendance and punctuality at school.

We monitor attendance and punctuality regularly and will come to you if we are concerned. Equally, we encourage you to contact us if you have any concerns about your child’s happiness at school or willingness to attend. It is always better to work together at an early stage to address difficulties like this and you are often the first person to notice there is a problem in that regard.

For information, P1-7 pupils are recorded as late if they arrive after 9.10am. The best start a child can get to their day at school is to be in the line ready to come in with their class at 9am and I encourage all parents to strive for that. This being said, if something happens in the morning you disrupt your usual routine we would prefer your child still comes and arrives happy to come in even if it means they are a little late. Hopefully these days will be the exception not the rule!