At St Michael’s Catholic Primary School we believe that good attendance nurtures our pupils academically, socially and emotionally. In order for children to maximise their learning opportunities it is vital that your child attends school every day. The school’s attendance target for this academic year is 97% and we implement a `traffic light system’ to signpost attendance levels to parents/carers and children.
Pupil’s attendance is monitored on a daily basis and we have weekly, termly and yearly awards to celebrate excellent attendance. Every week we celebrate each class' attendance in an Awards assembly by looking at our attendance league.We also work with School Health and Education Welfare to support your child if their attendance becomes a cause of concern. Over the last 3 years our attendance has been above the national average and this is thanks to the wonderful support of our parents and carers and the amazing attitude of our pupils. See Twitter for a regular update of our whole school attendance.
For St Michael's Attendance Policy please access the following link:
| Attendance 2019/2020 | ||||||||||
| Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July |
| 98.5% | 95.6% | 96.1% | 95.5% | 97.1% | 96.6% | |||||
| Attendance 2018/2019 | ||||||||||
| Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July |
| 96.4% | 98% | 96.9% | 96.7% | 96.6% | 97.4% | 96.1% | 96.2% | 95.6% | 94.9% | 94.7% |
| Average Attendance for 2018/2019 96.3% | ||||||||||
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Attendance League from 4th September 2019 Updated Half Termly |
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| Top 10 | Class | Average Attendance |
| 1 | Mrs Boardman | 97.4% |
| 2 | Mrs Brown | 97.3% |
| 3 | Mrs Ingram | 97.2% |
| 4 | Mrs Hillier | 97% |
| 5 | Miss Christie | 96.6% |
| 6 | Miss Karalius | 96.3% |
| 7 | Mr Borelan | 96.2% |
| 8 | Miss Owens | 96.1% |
| 9 | Miss Smith | 96% |
| 10 | Mrs Pendleton | 95.9% |
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Whole School 96.6% Attendance Whole school target 97%
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Punctuality
It is important that your child arrives in school on time. Just being a few minutes late every day can potentially impact on your child's education as well as causing your child unnecessary stress.
We are here to help and give guidance - if you would like to chat to Helen Leitch our attendance officer, please call at the school office.
The table below gives you an indication of the time lost in school by lateness.
| Minutes Late Each Day |
Number of School Days / Weeks Missed in a Year |
| If your child is late by the number of minutes below each and every day | This is how much learning time your child will have missed by the end of the year. |
| 5 Minutes | 3 School Days |
| 10 Minutes | 6.5 School Days |
| 15 Minutes | 10 School Days |
| 20 Minutes | 13 School Days |
| 30 Minutes | 19 School Days |
Please be aware
School Starts at 8.50am
Doors open at 8.40am
Be on time for 10 to 9 !