Attendance

Good attendance has been proven to make a big difference to children’s progress at school and it stands to reason doesn’t it? If your child is not at school, they cannot take part in the learning activities their classmates are accessing. Furthermore, children’s learning can be disjointed if their attendance is poor as children develop gaps in their learning so find new learning confusing. Our attendance target at Nook Lane is 97%. Most children at Nook Lane have excellent attendance and regularly reach or exceed this target. Attendance below 95% starts to become concerning to us. When attendance is at or below 90%, Sheffield’s Attendance and Inclusion Service class this as “persistent absence” and steps need to be taken try to enable the child to attend school more often. Of course, some absences are completely unavoidable (e.g. when a child is too ill to attend school). However, avoidable absences such as taking a family holiday in term time are not normally authorised at Nook Lane School unless there are exceptional circumstances. Below are links to the school’s attendance policy and guidance from Sheffield City Council. You can view our Term Time Leave Policy in the documents and policies section of the website.

*Although we are an academy school Sheffield City Council still have statutory responsibilities regarding attendance and inclusion.