Attendance Policy

Parents are required to complete a leave of absence request form which must outline the exceptional circumstances for which the leave has been requested. Please click here to download a Leave of Absence Form.

Attendance percentages can be misleading. For some parents, 90% attendance may seem like an acceptable level of attendance but the reality is that 90% attendance means that your child will miss half a day of school each week or 19 full days in a year.

When children miss school, they often return to find that friendship groups have changed, new shared memories have been formed and the learning has moved on making it difficult for them to catch up and keep up and feel part of the Neston Team. Redeployment of teaching staff to ensure that children who have been absent on holiday are able to catch up, is simply not an option. Our TAs are deployed to support specific children at specific times on specific academic and social targets.

If you have more questions please contact the school office or consult the Wiltshire Council Website.