REPORTING ABSENCE
What to do if your child is absent from school

If your child has to be absent from school, you must contact school every day of absence to notify us of the absence so that we know they are safely at home with you. Please:

• Email attendance@littleheath.org.uk
• Ensure you clearly state who your child is and their reason for absence before 8.30am if possible.
• It is not enough to say they are unwell or ‘not coming in.’
• Every half-day absence from school has to be classified by the school (not by the parents), as either AUTHORISED or UNAUTHORISED.
• This is why specific information about the cause of any absence is always required, and is in fact a legal requirement.
• Medical evidence will be asked for where attendance is below 90% and should always be provided for medical appointments.
• Please note that routine GP and dental appointments should be made outside of school hours.
• Unavoidable medical appointments do not usually require a full day’s absence and students are expected to attend school before and after appointments.

A full explanation of authorised and unauthorised absence is in our Attendance Policy, which can be found on our website, here: LHS Attendance Policy

Sometimes it is hard to know if you should send your child to school or not. This poster may help and there is further guidance here: Is my child too ill for school? - NHS

 

The Department for Education's statutory guidance on attendance is as follows:

• Where parents have decided to have their child registered at school, they have a legal duty to ensure their child attends school regularly.
• Your child should attend school every day that school is open, except in a few allowable circumstances, such as being too ill to attend.
• Where parents do not send their children to school, fixed penalty notices may be issued (as outlined in this poster).

Thanks for your help and support in helping to ensure your child attends regularly.

Little Heath School Attendance Team

GIRLS' PGL FOOTBALL/NETBALL TRIP PARENTS' MEETING
Tuesday 4 March

The meeting for the PGL Football/Netball trip is on Tuesday 4 March, at 6pm. Please come to the main reception where you will be shown to the Drama Studio.

No Year 10 notices - please see whole school notices.

YEAR 11 YEARBOOK

If Year 11 students would like to be included in the Yearbook 2025, they will need to complete the content questionnaire by this Sunday, 2 March: https://forms.office.com/e/JnLt8bfb7B

Please be aware that all inclusions will be dependent on parent/guardian consent. If you haven't already completed the consent survey on behalf of your child, you can do so here: https://forms.office.com/e/L1RykF7L3X

YEAR 11 YEAR GROUP PHOTO

Please save the date for Wednesday 26 March for the year group photo.