General Notices

Reflection Room

Christ's College Finchley has introduced a Reflection Room, which is a peaceful and inclusive space designed to provide students with a quiet sanctuary for personal reflection, mindfulness, and spiritual practice. 

This will be located in the drama loft studio and will be available to pupils during both lunch breaks.

Attendance

CCF is committed to raising levels of attendance for individual students and the school as a whole. Our belief is that good attendance and punctuality are vital if our students are to take advantage of the many educational opportunities available to them. Our target is that all pupils achieve above a minimum attendance of 96.5% for the year.

Parents must notify the school of the reason of an unplanned absence by 8:30am or as soon as practically possible, by emailing the attendance team via attendance@ccfplus.com. We will mark absence due to physical or mental illness as authorised, unless the school has a genuine concern about the authenticity of the illness.

Where a pupil’s attendance is a cause for concern at 90% and below, or absence is longer than four days, or there are doubts about the authenticity of the illness, the school will ask for medical evidence, such as a doctor’s note, prescription, appointment card or other appropriate form of evidence.

Attending a medical or dental appointment will be counted as authorised as long as parents notify the school in advance of the appointment. Parents must inform the school 24 hours in advance for any medical appointments and provide proof of the appointment to attendance@ccfplus.com. However, we encourage parents to make medical and dental appointments out of school hours where possible. Where this is not possible, the pupil should be out of school for the minimum amount of time necessary. A whole day's absence for medical appointments will not be authorised.

Please see the full updated attendance policy from November 2024 here.

You can also use the link Is my child too ill for school? - NHS for some helpful guidance from the NHS.

Mr Bastan-Sarabi 

Lead Attendance Officer and Senior Leadership Team

Year 9 Parents' Evening - Online Appointment Booking

Year 9 parents' evening will take place on Wednesday 26th February 2025. Year 9 parents will have received a letter with regards to the parents' evening and appointments can be made from 9am on Wednesday 5th February 2025.

Please see the letter here and a guide as to how to book appointments here.

Year 9 Options Process (official letter here)

• Virtual Parents’ Evening: Wednesday 26th February – Speak with teachers about your child’s progress.

• Options Form Deadline: Friday 7th March 2025 – final subject choices must be submitted.

• Questions? Contact info@ccfplus.com.

Mr. Nielsen & Mr. Gough
Deputy Headteacher & Head of Year 9