Attendance
We expect at least 96% attendance at Uxendon Manor.
By being in school on time, every day, your child is being taught the essential life skills and good habits for their future as adults who go to work.
This requires a strong partnership between home and school.
We have an expectation that once we have notified a parent about our concerns, they will ensure that their child’s attendance improves significantly. If a pupil continues to have poor attendance, we will discuss this with our link Education Welfare Officer, and if necessary make a referral to Brent Education Welfare Service.
A Parent/Carer should report a student absence by 8am EACH AND everyday that the child is not in school.
Phone
To report pupil absence via telephone, please ring the school on 020 8907 5019 choose option 1 and leave a message. Please include child’s name, form group, reason for absence, relationship to child and a contact phone number.
To report pupil absences via email please email admin@uxendonmanor.com. Please include full name of child, form group, reason for absence and the relationship you have to the child in the email.
Emailing in to report an absence can be as simple as copying, completing and sending in the grid below:
| First name | |
| Last name | |
| Form group | |
| Date of absence | |
| Reason for absence | |
| Your relationship to child |
If you have not rung in or emailed, a member of staff will telephone you to find out where your child is. This is for your child’s safety and to ensure that we know they are safely with you so please be understanding if you receive a call from us.
Appointments
If your child has an appointment please send in the appointment letter, card or text screen shot to admin@uxendonmanor.com
- We do not expect pupils to come to school when they are sick, but parents of children with regular sickness absence will be expected to provide us with medical evidence before we authorise further absences. Medical evidence must be in the form of at least one of the following:
- A medical appointment card
- A medical appointment letter
- A copy of a prescription with the name of the child and the date
- Medication with a chemist’s label showing the name and the date
- An ‘unfit for school’ declaration or letter from your GP in the case of acute or prolonged illness
- A hospital discharge letter​
- If you or your child is having difficulties which impact on their attendance, please make an appointment with a member of staff to discuss additional support.
Student Leave Of Absence
Parents/Carers are strongly discouraged from taking their children out of school for long periods of time. Family holidays or trips abroad must be taken in the school holidays. The Headteacher can only authorise absence, in exceptional circumstances. In such cases, parents should submit a 'Student Leave Request Form' in advance and only make bookings if leave is granted. Whether to grant leave is at the discretion of the Headteacher. There is no right for a parent to appeal a decision.