Attendance
At the start of each new school year, we take the opportunity to remind parents/carers/guardians of the importance of all students benefiting from regular school attendance. We try to work closely with you to ensure that each and every student is successful through continuity of learning, and is consequently able to achieve their full potential at our school. This year, a key part of our attendance strategy will be to effectively monitor and address patterns of school attendance through our revised tracking systems. Parents/carers/guardians can access up-to-date records of their child’s attendance on the Go4Schools website and app. The table below explains the different attendance categories:-
| ATTENDANCE DURING ONE SCHOOL YEAR | THIS NO. OF DAYS ABSENT | WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THIS NO. OF WEEKS ABSENT | WHICH MEANS THIS NO. OF LESSONS MISSED |
| 95% | 9 Days | 2 Weeks | 50 Lessons |
| 90% | 19 Days | 4 Weeks | 100 Lessons |
| 85% | 29 Days | 6 Weeks | 150 Lessons |
| 80% | 38 Days | 8 Weeks | 200 Lessons |
| 75% | 48 Days | 10 Weeks | 250 Lessons |
| 70% | 57 Days | 11.5 Weeks | 290 Lessons |
| 65% | 67 Days | 13.5 Weeks | 340 Lessons |
We fully recognise, however, that students are at times absent for genuine reasons, such as personal ill health or medical and dental appointments. However, we as a school ask for your full co-operation in ensuring that wherever possible medicaldental appointments take place either at the end of the school day or during the school holiday period.
Regular attendance really is the key to your child making good progress at school and we look forward to working closely together with you to ensure that your child achieves their full potential.
TAKING HOLIDAYS DURING TERM TIME
At Crickhowell High School we want all our students to achieve success, so it is important that parents and carers support us by ensuring your child attends school for the full 190 days in the academic year, as stated in the Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006. Under the Education Act (1996), it is the responsibility of the parents/carers/guardians to ensure that their child attends school. It is our hope that you can support this policy and arrange holidays around the existing 175 days that the school is closed through weekends and school holidays and so help us to support your child in achieving success in school.
Please be aware that in line with the Local Authority and Crickhowell Cluster Schools group policy, holidays are not to be taken during term time, and any requests will be declined. If you still wish to submit a holiday request, this form can be downloaded below by clicking on the link below.
The form must be completed at least 28 days before the absence is required in order to be considered for authorisation. It should also be noted that an application for a ‘Fixed Penalty Notice’ will be considered if there are 5 or more days (10 sessions) of ‘unauthorised absence’ recorded, in addition to the attendance level being below 90% for the school year to date.
