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At Leigh Academy Langley Park, excellent attendance and punctuality is our aim for each and every pupil. Learning opportunities are maximised when good attendance is achieved and you, as parents and carers, play a vital role in promoting a good attitude towards both attendance and punctuality.
We therefore ask for your support in ensuring that your child is present at every opportunity and arrives at school on time. There is a high correlation between good attendance and successful academic achievement; regular and punctual school attendance helps a child to develop responsibility, self-discipline and fosters the skills necessary for the future.
As we reach the end of the Term 2, we have issued the following certificates:
126 x '100%' certificates
121 x 'Excellent Attendance' certificates
51 x 'Improved Attendance' certificates
Attendance certificates were handed out in class unobtrusively and, if your child received one of these certificates, they should feel very proud of their achievement.
246 pupils also visited the Attendance Shop on Thursday 19th December for achieving 96% attendance at that point in the academic year, with no unauthorised absences.
Well done to all children who received an attendance award this term!
Please be aware that if your child is absent from school and no reason can be established for their absence then this will be recorded as unauthorised until such a time that your child returns to school. Please provide absence information to academy office staff and not to class teachers, as they do not have time to share this before the academy day begins.
If you call the academy office and staff are unable to answer the phone at the time of your call then you should leave a message on the designated absence system (01622 250880 option 1) providing your child's full name, their class and the reason for their absence.
Important Attendance Information
Important Attendance Information
At the end of Term 1, we reshared information regarding changes to guidance around unauthorised school absence and penalty notices. At that point, children attending Leigh Academy Langley Park had collectively lost 242 sessions of learning due to unauthorised holidays. Sadly, and despite sharing all of the relevant information with parents and carers about the impact when this happens, with further unauthorised holidays taking place this term the amount of lost learning has now risen to over 400 sessions.
The Education Hub
The Education Hub
The Education Hub is a government website for parents, carers, pupils and school staff. It is a useful place to go for accessible, straightforward information about the education system and, of most relevance here, school attendance.
You may be interested to read the following articles that discuss the important of school attendance and the risks/impact of your child missing school:
School starts promptly at 08:55. Please ensure that your child arrives to school on time and is in class and ready to learn.
If your child is absent, you have a duty to inform the academy office on 01622 250880 by 09:15 each and every day that they are absent. If the school does not hear from you, office staff will attempt to contact you for a reason.
Attendance by Class
Attendance by Class
Lates by Class
Lates by Class
Well done to Discovery Class for the best overall attendance at this point in the academic year!
Well done to Jubilee Class for having the lowest number of late arrivals to school so far this academic year!
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