All children benefit from regular school attendance, which is crucial for future life chances and establishes a positive work ethic early in life.  When absence is unavoidable, parents/carers will be required to inform the school at the earliest opportunity.

Westmorland and Furness LA holds termly attendance meetings with each school to monitor data and ensure an authority-wide approach to enforcement.  Our Attendance Officer is Victoria Stewardson, contact telephone: 07824 128979.  The document above provides full details of the county's policies and procedures.

Medical Appointments

Please attempt to make medical appointments outside of school hours. Where this is unavoidable, please let the school office know as early as possible. 

Lateness

The law treats persistent lateness in the same way as irregular attendance and parents may be prosecuted by the local authority if late arrival is not resolved.  If your child arrives at school after 9.00am when the doors are closed, they will be admitted by staff in the front office and marked as 'late' in the register. Should a child arrive after 9.10am, they will be recorded as unauthorised late, which is counted as a missed session of school.