WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We want the children who attend HBJS to achieve their absolute best. This can only be possible if they are in school every day. We are aiming to achieve a whole school attendance figure of 96% by the end of the school year.
Attendance and Punctuality
Most children at Herne Bay Juniors attend regularly and on time. However, there are some children whose attendance and punctuality give cause for concern.
Remember the following:
The school gate opens at 8.35am. Children need to be in the classroom by 8.45am prompt for registration. Learning starts directly afterwards. If your child arrives after 8.45am they are marked late. If your child arrives after the close of registration at 9.15am, they are marked absent (unauthorised) for the morning session. Children who arrive late to school have a very unsettled start to their day. They also interrupt the teacher and the class as teaching has already started. Please ensure that your child arrives on time!
The school office should be notified before registration on the child’s first day of absence giving a full explanation of the reason. Any medical appointments should be made outside of school hours wherever possible. If you have no alternative but to take your child out of school for an appointment, to enable the school to authorise the absence you must provide medical evidence of the appointment. Other absences are regarded as unauthorised.
Please support your child’s education and the school by ensuring that your child attends regularly and on time and by notifying the school on your child’s first day of absence clearly stating the reason.