Attendance

Attendance Matters: Make Every Day Count

At Lenthall Infant and Nursery School, we are committed to ensuring that each of our children gets the best possible start to life. One way that we can do this is by ensuring regular school attendance. Regular attendance at school is vital if children are to make good progress and benefit from the opportunities that school offers. Patterns of punctuality and attendance started at school often continue into adulthood and future employment. Encouraging children to have a responsible attitude towards school attendance helps prepare them for their adult lives.

For our children to achieve their full potential we encourage parents and children to understand that ‘Every day counts’. We want all of our children to have excellent attendance and arrive in school on time.

Your child's attendance is very important. It is vital that our parents work with us to help our children obtain the best possible start in life with a good education. Parents should work in partnership with us and notify us of any upcoming or unforeseen absences.

We are monitoring our attendance and will send a report home at the end of every term.

School Attendance - A Parent Guide

Persistent Absenteeism (PA):

A pupil becomes a ‘persistent absentee’ when they miss 10% or more schooling, at any point, across the school year for whatever reason. Absence at this level is doing considerable damage to any child’s education and we need parent’s fullest support and co-operation to tackle this. We monitor all absence and the reasons given thoroughly. Any case that is seen to have reached the PA mark or is at risk of moving towards that mark is given priority and we will inform the parents/carers immediately - examples of the letters are shown below.

It is important that we do this so any areas of concern can be addressed promptly.

If you require help getting your child to school, please click here.

If you have any queries regarding this, please contact our school's Attendance Champion, Mrs Moody

From the start of the 2026 to 2027 academic year, mainstream schools will receive an ABIE. This is the minimum improvement expected for your school this academic year. Many schools will target and deliver improvements well above their ABIE.