Attendance

It is a parent's legal responsibility to ensure that a child attends school and that the school is properly informed of the reason for any break in attendance. If a pupil is absent for any reason, the parent should phone the school on 020 8892 7607 to report the reason.
Authorised absence is where the school has given approval for a pupil to be away or has accepted an explanation offered afterwards as a satisfactory justification for absence.
All other absences will be treated as unauthorised, including holidays taken during term time.  Levels of unauthorised absence do not equate with levels of truancy.

Attendance figures 2006/2007

Number of pupils on roll = 1034
Percentage of sessions missed through:
Authorised absence = 5.1%
Unauthorised absence = 1.6%

"Number of pupils on roll" refers to registered pupils of compulsory school age on roll for at least one session during the school year to 25 May 2007.
"Authorised absence" refers to the percentage of morning or afternoon sessions where absence was authorised by the school.
"Unauthorised absence" refers to the percentage of morning or afternoon sessions where absence was unauthorised.