Cowick C of E Primary School

Cowick C of E Primary School

Together we shine as one

Snaith Road, Goole, East Yorkshire, DN14 9DG

cowick.primary@eastriding.gov.uk

01405860417

Absence

Absence For Exceptional Circumstances and Penalty Notices

You are required under the Education Act (1996) to ensure your child attends school regularly.

If your child accrues 10 consecutive sessions of unauthorised absence you may be liable for a penalty notice (one days absence equals two sessions and a five day absence is equal to 10 sessions). An unauthorised absence is any absence that the Head teacher has not given permission for or where an explanation has not been provided by the parents. Parents must complete a ‘request for absence from school in exceptional circumstances’ form and submit this to the school, allowing for sufficient time to enable the school to consider the request and inform parents of the decision.  Where parents do not follow the school’s procedures of submitting a request and simply remove their child without seeking prior approval, a warning may not be given and you may be liable for a penalty notice. If your request is declined or you do not follow the correct  procedure and you still take your child out of school each parent within your household may be issued with a £60 penalty notice for each child you have taken out of school. If a penalty notice remains unpaid after 21 days it will increase to £120. If after 28 days it remains unpaid you may be summonsed to appear before  Magistrates to explain why your child has unauthorised school absences and you may be liable for a fine of up to £1000. Copies of the ‘absence from school for exceptional circumstances request’ form with the information for parents can be found here.

Click here for an Exceptional Circumstance Absence request form.

Absence For Medical Reasons

If your child is going to be absent from school, please telephone the office as soon as possible after 8.30am to let us know.

If your child is going to be late due to a medical appointment, please telephone the office advising them of your expected arrival time and let us know if your child will require a school lunch that day. You may be asked for evidence of your child's appointment.

Please click here to see the ERYC leaflet giving guidance on keeping your child off school due to illness or medical reasons. 

If your child has prescription medicine, please complete this form and hand it in at the school office along with the medicine and a dosage spoon/syringe. Please do not send it in with your child. 

Please click here to see our 'Promoting Good School Attendance' leaflet for parents.

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