The staff and governors of the school believe that good attendance at school is vital if children are to benefit from the high quality education that the school provides.

The school is committed to doing all it can to ensure that all pupils attend regularly and on time.

The school is committed to doing all it can to ensure that all pupils attend regularly and on time. Each year the Governing Body set a whole school attendance target. This year our target is 96%.

The gates open at 8:40 a.m. and all children are expected to arrive at this time. For more details, please refer to the policy linked below.

At Willowbrook, we believe in developing good patterns of attendance and set high expectations for the attendance and punctuality for all our pupils from the outset.  It is a central part of our school’s vision, values, ethos and day to day life.  We recognise the strong connections between attendance, attainment, safeguarding and wellbeing.

Helping to create a pattern of regular attendance is the responsibility of parents, pupils and all members of school staff.

To help us all to focus on this, we will:

• Submit a daily attendance return to the Department of Education, in line with the legal expectations placed on all schools;
• Build strong relationships and work jointly with families;
• Give parents/carers details on attendance in our newsletters;
• Promote the benefits of high attendance;
• Accurately complete admission and, with the exception of schools where all pupils are boarders, attendance registers and have effective day to day processes in place to follow-up absence as required by law;
• Celebrate excellent attendance by displaying and reporting individual and class achievements;
• Reward good or improving attendance;
• Report to parents/carers regularly on their child’s attendance and the impact on their progress;
• Contact parents/carers should their child’s attendance fall below the school’s target for attendance.

For more information please read the attendance policy under Information/Policies.