At Harborne Primary School, we believe that excellent attendance and punctuality are important in helping pupils achieve the best that they can be.

Education is important. Pupils should be at school, on time and ready to learn, every day the school is open, unless the reason for absence is unavoidable.

All research shows that ‘every moment counts and pupils who attend well achieve well’.

Our school aims to meet its obligations with regards to school attendance by:

• Promoting excellent, 100% attendance and reducing absence, including persistent absence.

• Ensuring every pupil has access to full-time education to which they are entitled.

• Acting early to address patterns of absence.

• Working with each identified pupil and their parents/carers to understand and address the reasons for absence, including any in-school/out of school barriers to attendance.

• Recognising improved attendance.

• Supporting and signposting pupils and their families to appropriate services if required.

• Proactively managing lateness and being alert to patterns of late arrival.

We will also support parent/carers to perform their legal duty to ensure their children of compulsory school age attend regularly, and we will promote and support punctuality in attendance to lessons.