If your child is absent from school please let us know the reason for the absence by phoning the school office (01884 253 006) before 9.00am or by emailing attendance@twomoors.devon.sch.uk
Should your child not arrive in school and we have not heard from you we will phone you as part of our safeguarding procedures.
If your child is ill or injures himself/herself at school we may arrange for him/her to go home. Please ensure we always have up to date phone numbers for you and another emergency contact.
Only prescribed medicines may be administered in school. A signed form (available from school) must accompany the medicine. The medicine and asthma inhalers must be in a clearly marked container, which should be handed to your child’s teacher. If your child has a long term medical condition a Health Care Plan will need to be completed.
In case if illness and injury the school has qualified first aiders in each part of the school.
At school we monitor attendance on a daily basis. This is also monitored by DCC and the DfE and we have termly visits from our Attendance Improvement Officer.
Anyone who’s attendance is giving cause for concern will receive a letter highlighting this. You may also be invited into school to discuss why your child’s attendance is low and what we can further do to help support and improve this. This might take the form of involving other partner agencies, such as the Wellbeing Team or the Education Key Worker Team.
We can put an attendance action plan together for your child and work together to improve the attendance. We are also able to take a legal route, and issue fines for unauthorised absences. 10 unauthorised absences in any 10 week period can be fined.
The data on the poster is quite shocking in a way – 90% attendance for 5 years is half a school year missed…it soon adds up!
We aim for 100% attendance, always but appreciate there will be times when your child has to be absent – i.e. illness or another exceptional circumstance. I hope you can work with us this year to improve our attendance as much as possible!
Avoiding Absence
You can do a great deal to teach your child good habits, which will last them for the rest of their life:
Unless your child is seriously unwell or suffering sickness and diarrhoea we suggest you send them in to school, notifying the teacher of your concerns. Your child’s wellbeing is our highest priority and if they are struggling we will always call you to come and collect them.
Please make every effort to schedule routine medical or dental appointments out of school hours or during the holidays. If you cannot avoid an appointment in school time, please make sure you let us know about it in advance. We may ask for medical evidence of these appointments.
