Working Together to Improve Attendance and Punctuality:
At Firth Park Academy, we believe in teamwork! Building strong partnerships between home and school is crucial for your child's success. Together, we can create a thriving learning environment where everyone reaches their full potential. If there are barriers to regular attendance or consistent punctuality, then we want to listen, understand and support students and their families.
What you should expect from us:
Creating a positive and inclusive school culture: Let's celebrate our community, promote respect for diverse backgrounds, and encourage safe and responsible behaviour.
We’ll inform you (by text) if your child has not turned up to school or has not recorded a present mark in Period 1 and 2.
We’ll monitor your child’s attendance - daily, weekly and termly - and speak to you about ways to improve your child’s attendance. This may involve sending you letters, inviting you to meetings and offering Attendance Contracts to improve your child’s attendance.
We will celebrate great attendance and improved attendance through our attendance recognition and rewards programme.
What we expect from parents/guardians:
To speak to your children about the importance of attendance and being on time.
Regular, honest and respectful communication with our teaching and support staff.
To notify us each day your child cannot attend due to illness [or other reasons].
To tell us about any barriers that impact regular attendance and/or punctuality.
What we expect from students:
To turn up everyday ready to learn.
Be on time to school and to lessons - moments matter!
Complete all tasks and homework.
If you need help, please tell your teachers, our support staff or the Attendance Team.
In addition, we work closely with Sheffield City Council’s Inclusion and Attendance Team to ensure we have left no stone unturned for students and families struggling with attendance and punctuality. We aim to explore any and all barriers that affect a child’s access to education. That may include working with partners in Education, Health and Social Care to ensure that children's safety and rights are protected.
