Good and regular attendance is essential to pupils reaching their full potential. Fairfield Road Primary School recognises that the relationship between attendance and achievement appears early. Setting good habits from the earliest point in education develops an understanding of responsibility and reliability that will help children throughout their time at school and into their adult lives. Good attendance and punctuality helps children to achieve academically, gain self-confidence, develop a sense of belonging and maintain friendships.  We expect our pupils to secure good and regular attendance from their very first day at school and we ask that parents fully support this.

Ideally, we’d like our pupils to be in school 100% of the time, but we understand that sometimes this is not always possible. For this reason, we ask our families to aim for a minimum expectation of 97% attendance over the course of an academic year.

On the rare occasion that a pupil is too ill for school, parents must contact the school office on the telephone by 8.50am to report their child's absence. If you are unsure whether or not your child should attend school, please click here to check NHS guidelines.