Attendance

Membury Primary Academy is committed to providing a full and efficient educational experience for all pupils. We believe that if pupils are to benefit from education, good attendance is crucial. As a school, we do all that we can to ensure maximum attendance for all pupils.

First day calling process

Please telephone/email or contact the school office via memburyoffice@acornacademy.org or by calling 01404 881491 as soon as you know your child will be absent stating the reason for non-attendance - if you leave a message please be specific, eg stomach bug, heavy cold.

Office staff check all class registers between 8:55am and 9.15am on a daily basis, to identify those pupils who are absent. Where a child is absent from school and we have not received any verbal or written communication from the parent, we initiate the first day contact procedures. If no message is left with the school office we will telephone in turn each of the contacts on the list provided by the parents, if we are still unable to get confirmation as to why the child is not at school we will proceed to a welfare check (this is a visit to the home address), this is carried out by the senior staff at Membury Primary or the Educational Welfare Officer (EWO), if we are still unable to confirm the child's welfare we will call 101 to report the child as missing. This is the school’s duty of care and safeguarding for your child.

Additional information

Lateness

The class register opens at 08.50am and closes at 9.00am. If your child arrives after the register has started at 08.40am but before it has closed at 9.00am they will be marked as present. If they arrive after 9.00am they will be coded as arriving  late - after the register has closed If they arrive after 9:10am - (U) which is an unauthorised absence.

Term time holidays and appointments, such as dental and vision, should, where possible, be booked for holidays and weekends. 

FFT Attendance Policy Sep-2024.pdf

Practical-information-for-parents-July-2024.pdf

S2-School-Absence-Devon-Absence-Request-form-2024-1.pdfMembury-Education-Attendance-Charter.docx.pdf