At Sugar Hill Primary School we have an Attendance Team who work together to achieve the best outcomes for all children and their families with regard to attendance.

Our 2023-2024 Attendance Policy is uploaded to the Key Policies information alongside a shorter version providing guidance for parents and carers regarding their responsibilities in keeping school updated with any absences from school.

The children love to earn 'Attendance Rewards' and to visit our Attendance Reward cabinets to choose their own prize. 

If you have any questions about how we promote good attendance please do not hesitate to contact school. 

Our Attendance Team are:-

Attendance Rewards

Attendance Reward Silent Discos- this reward to the best classes for their termly attendance was amazing! The teachers were super keen to join in too! By popular request there is no doubt the Silent Discos will return. Which classes will be next to put their dancing shoes on? 

Attendance Reward visit to Raby Castle Plotters Forest- with such positive feedback from the children it's very likely there will be another class visiting Plotters Forest for their attendance reward. Which class will it be?

Our Attendance Prizes in KS1 and KS2

Regular and punctual school attendance is important. Pupils need to attend school regularly if they are to take full advantage of the educational opportunities available to them by law.

Sugar Hill Primary School and Nursery fully recognises its responsibilities to ensure pupils are in school and on time, therefore having access to learning for the maximum number of days and hours.

Our policy applies to all children registered at this school and this policy is made available to all parents/carers of pupils who are registered at our school on our school website.

This policy has been written to adhere to the relevant Children Acts, Education Acts, Regulations and Guidance from the Department for Education in addition to guidance from the Local Authority.

Although parents/carers have the legal responsibility for ensuring their child’s good attendance, the Head teacher, Attendance Lead and Governors at our school work together with other professionals and agencies to ensure that all pupils are encouraged and supported to develop good attendance habits. Procedures in this policy are followed to ensure this happens.

Children who are persistently late or absent soon fall behind with their learning. Children who are absent from school frequently develop large gaps in their learning which will impact on their progress and their ability to meet age related learning expectations. A child whose attendance drops to 90% each year will, over their time at primary school, have missed two whole terms of learning.