Breckland School Attendance Officer: Miss Burnett (email)

Attendance is closely linked to academic achievement.  The more days of education missed by a student, the lower their chances of success.

In line with government expectations, Breckland School has the following aims:

• Promote an expectation that children will attend school every day the school is available and reduce absence, including persistent absence (a child is classed as being persistently absence if they fail to attend at least 90%, which equates to one day of absence every two weeks).
• Ensure every student has access to full-time education to which they are entitled, and, act early to address patterns of absence.
• Encourage parents to perform their legal duty by ensuring their children of compulsory school age who are registered at school attend school every day the school is available.
• Ensure all students are punctual to their lessons.

Sometimes students may not want to attend school. We encourage families and students to be open and honest with us about the reasons for absence. If a student does not want to attend school, it is never better to cover up their absence or give in to pressure to let your child stay at home. This can give the impression to your child that attendance does not matter and can make things worse. As a school, we need to understand the reasons why your child may not want to attend school so we can support you and your child in the best way possible. If this is the case, please contact your Mentor as first point of contact, or the Head of Year, and/or the Attendance Lead. See below the contact details: 

Mentor: First name initial and surname @brecklandschool.co.uk 

Heads of Year: 

• Head of Year 7 etodd@brecklandschool.co.uk 
• Head of Year 8 ntaylor@brecklandschool.co.uk
• Head of Year 9 shawes@brecklandschool.co.uk
• Head of Year 10 nbrickett@brecklandschool.co.uk
• Head of Year 11 adonelan@brecklandschool.co.uk

Attendance Officer: attendance@brecklandschool.co.uk

Registration closes 30 minutes into the morning and afternoon sessions:

The register for the first session (morning) is taken at 8:20am and is kept open until 8:50am. The register for the second session (afternoon) is taken at 12:25pm and is kept open until 12:55pm.