Absences


Regular attendance is most important. If your child is absent, please let us know the reason as soon as possible by a written letter, telephone call or personal visit. Absences with no parental explanation will be recorded as unauthorised. If your child is absent and no message is received by 10.00 a.m. we may well contact you for an explanation. The registers are checked regularly by our Education Social Worker who will investigate high percentages of unauthorised absences and lateness.

Whole school attendance – Pupils of Compulsory School Age

Term 1 : 92.5%
Term 2 : 93.6%
Term 3 : 92%

If possible please let us know beforehand of appointments at the hospital, dentist, doctor etc.

If it is necessary to take the family on holiday during term time, please ask for a holiday form from the school. If you choose to take your holidays during school term time, please note that it is school policy not to provide work. Please do not embarrass staff by asking. Only 10 school days per school year can be authorised, any additional days will be unauthorised. A list of school holidays is sent to you each year.

Please let us know any helpful medical information about your child, e.g. disabilities or allergies.

If both parents are working during the day, or you are not on the telephone, it is essential for us to have a telephone number of a relative, friend, neighbour etc., whom we can contact and who would take responsibility for your child if your child is taken ill during the day. It is vitally important that you inform us of change of address or telephone number. If a mobile phone number is the designated line of contact please keep it switched on.

The School Doctor and Nurse visit the school on a regular basis. A selection of Reception children have a full medical to which parents/guardians are invited. Additional medicals take place as necessary as do regular hearing and eye tests.
With some illness', Wrexham Child Health Centre, Maelor Hospital, recommend that children are kept away from school for a MINIMUM number of days:-

  • Chicken Pox 7 days from appearance of last blister
  • German Measles 4 days from appearance of ras
  • Measles 7 days from appearance of rash
  • Mumps 7 days from appearance of swelling
  • Stomach upset 24 hours from cessation of symptoms

However, it is always best to contact your own doctor when your child is unwell.