{"id":574,"date":"2015-09-01T21:30:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T21:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/holytowninformation\/?page_id=574"},"modified":"2017-01-13T16:06:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T16:06:49","slug":"attendance-at-school-and-nursery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/holytowninformation\/attendance-at-school-and-nursery\/","title":{"rendered":"Attendance at School and Nursery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pupil Attendance<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n Section 30 of the 1980 Education Act places a duty on every parent of a child of \u2018school age\u2019 to ensure that their child attends school regularly. Attendance must be recorded twice a day, morning and afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regulation 7 of The Education (School and Placing Information) (Scotland) Amendment, Etc Regulations 1993 requires each child\u2019s absence from school to be recorded in the school register as authorised or unauthorised as defined by the Scottish Government.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the start of each school session, parents will be asked to provide contact details including at least one emergency contact number. Parents are required to inform the school if these contact details change during the course of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parents and carers are asked to inform the school if a pupil is unable to attend from the start of the school day on the first day of absence. Failure to do so will result in school staff accessing all contact numbers provided for the child. In the interests of child safety the police may\u00a0be contacted if all attempts to locate the child have been exhausted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parents are\u00a0asked to inform the school by letter or telephone if their child is likely to be absent for some time, and to give the child a note on his or her return to school confirming the reason for absence. \u00a0Parents of pupils in the nursery should follow the same procedures for notifying absences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Family Holidays During Term Time<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Every effort should be made to avoid family holidays during term time as this both disrupts the child\u2019s education and reduces learning time. Parents\/carers should inform the school by letter of the dates before going on holiday.<\/span>
\n Absences will be classified as authorised only in exceptional circumstances. Such circumstances may include:<\/span>
\n A family holiday judged to be important to the wellbeing and cohesion of the family, following serious or terminal illness, bereavement or other traumatic events.<\/span>
\n A family holiday classified under the \u2018authorised absence\u2019 category will not include such reasons as:<\/span><\/p>\n