Attendance

Promoting good attendance is the responsibility of the whole school community.  We promote attendance through a personalised and differentiated curriculum and stimulating learning resources, so that pupils are encouraged to enjoy, achieve and stay safe during their time at Gorsemoor.  

Parents/Carers Responsibilities

At our school, the following procedures will apply to pupil absences:

• Absence notification – where possible the parent should make contact with school on the first day of absence by 9am. Parents can contact our school office via phone on 01543 274788 or email office@gorsemoor.staffs.sch.uk
• If no contact is made, the school office will use all contact numbers to ascertain why the child is not in school and ensure they are safe. If no contact is made, the absence will be marked as unauthorised. 

Late Arrival

The school gates are opened from 8.40am and closed at 8.55am.  Any child arriving after the school gates are locked will access school through the main school entrance and inform the office staff they are here.  The office staff will ask the parent/carer to record the reason for lateness on the signing-in system. At this point, your child will be marked as a late arrival on the register.

Dismissal 

The school day ends at 3.30pm, the main gate will be open from 3.20pm where parents are invited to access our one-way collection system. If collection arrangements for your child have been changed please notify the office by 2.30pm.

Attendance Support

Our School Attendance Officers are Lynn Horton, Laura Smith and Clare Walton. The designated leader responsible for attendance is Hayley Porter. We aim to work with our families to ensure children reach our attendance goal of above 96%. We support this by communicating with parents via letters, phone calls and half-termly text messages if their child's attendance falls below this. 

For further information please see our attendance Policy below.