If your child is unwell, please remember you must telephone or email the school to let us know as soon as possible before the start of the first day of the absence. We do the register every morning at 8:50 and in the afternoon at 1:10. As a school, we must check the whereabouts of any children who are not in school. If your child has an illness with a fixed quarantine period, for example sickness and diarrhoea (48 hours) or Covid-19 (10 days) they should return to school after this time. 

While your child is unwell, you must keep us informed every day of the absence, unless we already know when they are due back at school. Please do this as soon as possible so that we do not have to chase you - with a poorly child at home this is probably the the last thing you need!

For planned absences, please inform the school as soon as possible using the absence request form found online. We ask for routine medical and dental appointments to be made outside of school time. However, we know that there is not always an option to schedule specialist or hospital appointments in this way.

Thank you for your support!