This section will be everything you need to know regarding your child's attendance at school.

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Welsh Government Guidelines state children should have a minimum of 95% attendance.

If your child is unwell, please contact the school office on 02920 360340 at the earliest convenience so we can authorise the illness.

If you can't phone – please message your child's teacher on Class Dojo.

As a cluster of schools in East Cardiff we have a Attendance Policy (see the Policies section)

Please see Mrs Chloe Ford or Mrs O'Donovan at the front office if you require any further information on taking your child on holiday during term time. Parents do not have an automatic right to take their children out of school during term time and permission must be sought, prior to a holiday, from the Head Teacher with a Request of Absence form being completed. If your child has low attendance, there is a possibility of a Fixed Penalty Notice holiday fine.

If your child is going to be late to school for any reason, please sign them in at the front office so that they can receive their attendance mark. If they are late due to a medical appointment, please bring evidence of the appointment. This will then be photocopied and filed to correspond with their attendance record. This evidence can also be sent to the class teacher through Class Dojo.

ALL ABSENCES ARE UNAUTHORISED WITHOUT EVIDENCE.

How Attendance is Monitored at Meadowlane Primary School:

Mrs O'Donovan and Mrs Johnson at the office look at children's attendance every morning. Below is a guide as to how we monitor attendance as a school and the steps we use to help improve attendance.

• If a child is off and the absence is not reported, a phone call home is made to check on the child. This helps us to know whether children are ill and we can authorise the absence. If your child is not going to be in school due to illness, please do contact us at the first instance.
• If there are 10 sessions (5 days) missed with no phone call to explain, a letter will be sent home about the drop in attendance with a warning about a possible Fixed Penalty Notice.
• Next a Fixed Penalty Notice  issued of £60. These days can be over a half-term, they don't have to be in 1 week.
• If a child's attendance falls below 95%, they flag up on our computer system, and you will be given an attendance letter. This is to let you know of the drop in attendance. Your child's attendance and lateness will then be monitored.
• If there are persistent absences, you may be called to a meeting with the school attendance officer and deputy headteacher. Attendance will be continually monitored.
•  If there is  no improvement in attendance,  an appointed home visit with our Education Welfare officer will be arranged. Attendance will be continually monitored.
•  If this fails and no improvement is made, a referral to the Education Welfare Service will be made – this is a step we don't want our parents to get to as this is where court proceedings will be taken.

If you have any questions in regard to this process, please come in and speak to Mrs O'Donovan who will be happy to help you.

100% Attendance for the year

Each child who has 100% for the year will be given the opportunity to go on a free school trip.

100% Attendance of the half term

Each child who has 100% attendance for the half term will be entered into a raffle to win a £50 voucher.

Class Attendance Information – We will be announcing class attendances weekly via our website and Class Dojo. The class with the highest weekly attendance receives the attendance trophy for that week and is rewarded with an extra play. The class with the highest attendance at the end of each half-term gets to choose a day when they do not need to wear a school uniform.

Reception Children are not counted in our official figures as most children are under 5 - Once children reach the age of 5, they are counted in our figures, and can also receive a Fixed Penalty Notice should they miss 10 unauthorised sessions.

Last year's attendance winners - Dosbarth Dee! Da iawn Pawb!

 

Class Attendance of the week - 22.09.25

DA IAWN DOSBARTH RHYMNEY!