We at St Nicholas CE Primary School, take attendance very seriously. Setting good attendance patterns from an early age will help your child later on in their life. As a parent or carer it is your responsibility to make every effort to ensure that your child achieves full attendance and attends school on a regular basis.

Illness

Please telephone the school office on 01189 340727 before 8.45am to inform us that your child will be absent due to illness on the first and every day of their absence. Alternatively, send an email to the school office at admin@st-nicholas.wokingham.sch.uk

Planned Absence

The school must be notified in advance of any planned absence. For medical and dental appointments, please telephone/email the school office and provide a copy or screenshot of the email/text from the medical service confirming the appointment. For all other planned absences, which may include music/dance courses or exams, visits to secondary schools and family events, you must complete a Leave of Absence request Form which is available from the carousel in School Reception or attached below.

Holidays During Term Time

All absences are closely monitored by the Education Welfare Officer at Wokingham Borough Council who communicates with the school on a regular basis.

We strongly discourage family holidays during term time and these will be unauthorised. A Leave of Absence Request Form must be completed in advance if such a holiday is necessary.

Please be aware that if holidays are taken without approval, this information will be passed to our Education Welfare Officer.  Taking an unauthorised holiday is a Criminal Office, and may result, depending on the circumstances of each case, in either a Penalty Notice being issued or Prosecution in the Magistrates Court. A Penalty Notice may be issued without further warning.  Payment of a Penalty Notice within 21 days is £80, between 22 and 28 days is £160.  Penalty Notices are issued to each parent, per child.  However, if a Penalty Notice is not paid then the Parents may be prosecuted in the Magistrates Court.  In some cases, a Penalty Notice will not be offered at all and the matter referred immediately for Prosecution.  In the Court the penalty is a fine of up to £1000 and a Criminal record.

More information can be found on the Wokingham Borough Council website or from the Education Welfare Service. 

It is school policy not to provide homework for a child who is taken on holiday during term time.