Attendance and Punctuality
The school day begins at 8.45am for all children. With doors opening at 8:45.
| School Times | Nursery and Reception | Year 1 and 2 | Year 3 | Years 4, 5 and 6 |
| Morning | 8.45am to 11.30am | 8.45am to 12:00pm | 8.45am to 12.05pm | 8.45am to 12.15pm |
| Afternoon | 12.30pm to 3.05pm | 1pm to 3.05pm | 1pm to 3.05pm | 1.00pm to 3.10pm |
The children from Nursery to Year 2 enter through their class doors to the rear of the building. Years 3 -6 enter through the hall doors at the front of the school.
Foundation and Key Stage 1 children must always be brought to school and collected by a responsible adult and who are named on the child's contact form.
For security purposes, adults should not enter the main school via the outside classroom doors. They should report to the school office at the front of the building.
(Children attend for 31hrs and 35 mins per week for KS1 and EY and 32 hours and 5 minutes per week for KS2. This will increase in September 2023 to 32.5 hours per week).
At St Hugh's we want all our children to reach their full potential. To do this, we need to work with parents to ensure that your child/children attend school on a regular basis. Every day in school counts and your child's continual attendance is important to ensure maximum learning.
In terms of standards, each year an analysis shows that children who do not achieve the expected results at the end of Key Stage 2 often have attendance issues.
The national average for attendance is 96%, but we would like all of our children to achieve as close to 100% as is possible.
Your child's absence will be marked as unauthorised if:
- You fail to contact school to let us know the reason that your child is not in school.
- Your child arrives in school after 9.15am in the morning.
- You take a holiday during school time without permission, or a holiday extends over the time granted.
You should only keep your child off school if they have a contagious illness such as Chicken Pox or if they are vomiting or have diarrhoea.
If your child is complaining any of any other illness and you are unsure if you should send them to school, then please contact the school office and we will advise you.
Lateness is also a problem. When children are persistently late, this can create gaps in their education and prevent them from reaching their full learning potential. It can also disrupt the classroom when lessons have already begun. Therefore, not only should a child attend school regularly, but also of equal importance, they must not be late. Your child will be recorded as being late from school if they arrive after 9.05am.