Attendance
Regular attendance is vital for your child’s success, helping them to achieve their best and develop important life skills.
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Regular attendance is vital for your child’s success, helping them to achieve their best and develop important life skills.
As you are aware your child’s attendance at school is extremely important and is directly linked to their overall attainment. Due to the level of importance surrounding students' attendance, the school takes this very seriously and has procedures in place in order to encourage and support good attendance. Our target as a school and for each student is 96%. Poor attendance can have a significant impact on the progress of each student.
The graphic below throws a spotlight on the impact being absent from school has in terms of missed lessons and ultimately learning. With all the evidence suggesting that those students with attendance of less than 95% being significantly less likely to achieve their academic potential, we ask that parents/carers make every effort to ensure their children come into school.
If your child is unwell and unable to attend school, parents must phone as early as possible on each day of absence (01702 202571, option 1) or email attendance@liftgreensward.org. Please clearly state your child's name and form, dates of absence and the reason for the absence. On their return, parents must put this information in writing to their child's Form Tutor. In the case of extended periods of absence for illness, we may request evidence of medical appointments.
If your child has an appointment during school hours, then parents must provide him/her with a letter containing all the relevant information or email attendance@liftgreensward.org. Students must report to Reception to sign back in. For everyone's safety the school must be able to find a student at any time during the day and this is why we must have a written record of whether a child is in or out of school.
If you are unsure whether you should keep your child at home, please read this guidance from the NHS.
If your child is unwell and unable to attend school, parents must phone as early as possible on each day of absence (01702 202571, option 1) or email attendance@liftgreensward.org. Please clearly state your child's name and form, dates of absence and the reason for the absence. On their return, parents must put this information in writing to their child's Form Tutor. In the case of extended periods of absence for illness, we may request evidence of medical appointments.
If your child has an appointment during school hours, then parents must provide him/her with a letter containing all the relevant information or email attendance@liftgreensward.org. Students must report to Reception to sign back in. For everyone's safety the school must be able to find a student at any time during the day and this is why we must have a written record of whether a child is in or out of school.
If you are unsure whether you should keep your child at home, please read this guidance from the NHS.
Contact the school to report the absence and provide the reason and expected return date.
Keep the school informed of your child’s progress and update the expected return date where possible. Absences can be reported by phone or via the school’s dedicated absence email: attendance@liftgreensward.org.
If we haven’t heard from you by a set time (usually 10.30am), a member of the school’s pastoral team will contact you to confirm the reason for absence.
Parents and carers are legally responsible for ensuring their child attends school regularly and punctually. Failure to do so could result in legal action by the local authority.
Under the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 2006, only the school can authorise an absence – not parents or carers.
Time off for holidays during term time is not a legal right. Any request for a leave of absence must be made in advance by completing an absence form and submitting it to the school office. If a holiday is taken without permission, the absence will be recorded as ‘unauthorised’ and could result in legal action.
You can read the government advice here: https://www.gov.uk/school-attendance-absence
Regular school attendance is essential because:
Holidays in term time are not considered an exceptional circumstance. You cannot usually take your child away during term time. You can be fined or face legal action for taking your child on holiday during term time.
If you need to request a leave of absence during term time, you must complete a leave of absence form and return it to the school office. Please note that email requests cannot be accepted.
Principal: Katie Scarnell MA (Cantab)
Chair of Academy Council: Tony McKenna
Please send all enquiries to the Principal's Executive Assistant, Mrs S Wheeler, using the details below or directly via email (swheeler@liftgreensward.org). Please also contact Mrs Wheeler if you would like paper copies of any school information.
Address: Lift Greensward, Greensward Lane, Hockley, Essex SS5 5HG
Telephone Number: 01702 202571
Email Address: contactus@liftgreensward.org
Timing of the school day: 8.25am - 2.55pm
Office opening hours: 8.00am to 4.00pm (3.30pm on Fridays)
Every effort will be made to reply to telephone calls or emails as soon as is feasibly possible, but we would ask parents to bear in mind that members of staff may have a full day's teaching timetable and therefore will endeavour to respond within two working days during normal school hours. Some staff who work part time may not access emails until they are in school.
If you would like to see a member of staff, please phone our Main Reception in advance to make an appointment. If you do not have an appointment you will not be seen unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Concerns about individual subjects should be referred to the subject teacher in the first instance. More general concerns should be referred to your child’s form tutor in the first instance. Our SEN Co-ordinators are Mr M Aitken and Mrs K Turner. Please see communication flowchart here.
You may contact Lift Schools, using the details below:
Lift Schools, 1 EdCity Walk, EdCity, London, W12 7TF, www.liftschools.org
Contacting us about your child
Email Guidance
Since much of the communication between the school and parents/carers is now conducted by email, the school has produced the guidance here.
Code of Conduct for Visitors Policy
Please click here to read our policy.
We expect all communication between visitors and the school to be conducted in a polite and respectful manner.
