This page is where you will find all the information about how to inform us about your child’s absence from school.

Receiving notice that your child is going to be absent from school is very important. If we are not provided a reason for your child’s absence these sit on their record as unauthorised and unexplained. This affects your child’s attendance rate.

It is therefore important that if you child is going to be absent from school, that you inform us every day of their absence. If you know their absence will be long term, you can certify them for longer by telling us the intended date they will return to school.

It is Fife Council’s attendance policy that if we do not have notification of a child’s absent, a text alert must be sent. We will do this by 9:30am everyday.

Below are all the methods in which you can contact us:

Telephone: 01592 583465
Text: 07860 004848
Email: thorntonps.enquiries@fife.gov.uk
OR through the Parents Portal app

You can now alert us using the contact form below:

Attendance Target

Our attendance target for session 2025-2026 is 92.8%
As of January 2026 we are currently sitting at 89.8%