Attendance

Hextable Primary School is committed to the continuous raising of achievement of all our pupils.  Regular attendance is critical if our pupils are to be successful and benefit from the opportunities presented to them.

One of our basic principles is to celebrate success. Good attendance is fundamental to a successful and fulfilling school experience. We actively promote excellent attendance for all our pupils, and we use a variety of weekly, termly and annual awards to promote good attendance and punctuality.

Attendance matters, Every day counts.................

Useful links;

Is my child too ill for school? - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Working together to improve school attendance (applies from 19 August 2024) (publishing.service.gov.uk)

  Hextable Primary school are unable to authorise leave during term times unless for a exceptional reason. Therefore absence will be recorded as unauthorised absence. Where a student has 10 unauthorised sessions within 100 school session a Penalty Notice may be applied for, per parent, per child from Kent County Council.  

First Offence:

• – An increase to the rate of a Fixed Penalty Notice from £120 to £160 if paid within 28 days and £60 to £80 if paid within 21 days. The Fixed Penalty Notices are issued to each parent for each child that was absent. E.g. Three siblings absent for term time leave, would result in each parent receiving three separate fines

Second Offence (within a rolling 3-year period):

• – If a second penalty notice is issued to the same parent for the same child within a rolling 3-year period, the notice will be charged at the higher rate of £160, with no option for this second offence to be discharged at the lower rate of £80.

Third Offence (within a rolling 3-year period:

• – If a third offence is committed, a Fixed Penalty Notice will not be issued, and the case could be presented straight to the Magistrate’s Court for prosecution. Prosecution can result in criminal records and fines of up to £2,500. Cases found guilty in Magistrates’ Court may show on the parent’s future DBS certificate due to ‘failure to safeguard a child’s education’.

Lateness 

Being late can be disruptive to your child's Education. Children should be ready to start learning by 8.50am - Registers are taken at 8.55am. 

If your child is late by 5 minutes everyday, this can add up to 3 days of lost learning. 

15 minutes  late everyday can add up to being absent for 2 weeks per year.

Registers close at 9am every day - If your child is late they will receive a U code on the register.

 School office: 01322663792 

Absence email: absence@hextable-primay.kent.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Hall headteacher@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk

Attendance Manager: Mrs Stubbs

rebekah.stubbs@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk  

Celebrating our Attendance 

Weekly class winner 

Key stage 1 -

Dickens 100%

Key stage 2 -

Mother Teresa 99.17%

Our school's overall weekly attendance 94.22%