Attendance

Attendance at St Matthew’s Bloxam C E Primary School.

Attendance is key here at St Matthew’s Bloxam CE Primary School to academic success as well as developing and maintaining friendships. We expect parents / carers to help their children to achieve at least 95% attendance and be in school on time (doors open at 8.40 and registers close at 8.50am).

Why is regular attendance important?

​

Because every second counts.

90% attendance may sound good. However, this is the equivalent of missing a half-day of schooling EACH WEEK.

If this continues over every five years a child spends at school, a child with 90% attendance will miss HALF A YEAR’S schooling.

A child with 80% attendance will lose A FULL YEAR of schooling over the same period.

​

Why should they be on time?

​

• Arriving 5 minutes late every day adds up to over 3 days lost each year.

​​

• Arriving 15 minutes late every day is the same as being absent for 2 weeks a year.

​​

• Arriving 30 minutes late every day is the same as being absent for 19 days a year.