Attendance & Reporting

Attendance

At Bolder Academy we want all students to attend school every day and be punctual. 

Full attendance and good punctuality are key to achievement in school.  We consider them vital to providing equal opportunities for all students, ensuring access to the full curriculum and achieving both academic and social success. 

High attendance has a positive impact on students’ academic progress, allows them to be sociable with peers and engage in our range of extra-curricular clubs. 

All students should aim for 100% attendance and punctuality, and achieve at least 96%, which is in line with government expectations.  

83.7% of students with no days absent during Key Stage 4 achieved grades 9 to 4 in English and maths compared to 35.6% of pupils who were persistently absent. 

A student with 97% attendance will have missed 6 school days during the year, this is 36 lessons. 

Parents/carers must book appointments outside of normal Academy hours whenever possible.  Appointments should be reported via the ParentMail App ‘absences’ section.

Students who need to leave the Academy for a dental/medical appointment must bring an appointment letter from a parent/carer before permission can be granted. The note must be shown to the main office or can be emailed to child.absence@bolderacademy.co.uk. Students must sign out before they leave the Academy, and sign in on their return. 

Evidence must be provided to support any absence for medical reasons/appointments; this can be given in the form of a signed appointment card, a photocopy of a prescription, a letter from your doctor, dated text/email message or hospital referral letter.

If you have only been able to get an appointment during Academy hours, we do not expect your child to take a whole day off school for the appointment and there is an expectation that they will return to the Academy following their appointment.

Punctuality

Students should arrive at the Academy no later than 8.35am for registration at 8.40am.  Students arriving late will be set a break time detention. If students are late more than once in a week they will be set an additional 1 hour after school detention for the following day.

Absence, Appointments and Illness

If a student is unable to attend school due to illness or has an appointment, please report via the ParentMail App ‘absences’ section by 8am on each day of absence.  Please provide details of your child’s name, form and the reason for absence.  Please do not email teachers or support staff directly to report absences as the the absences need to be captured quickly and centrally for safeguarding purposes.