To report an absence of any kind, including appointments, please follow these steps:

• Log in to the Arbor App and click on your child
• Scroll down and click on “Attendance” (underneath the “Statistics” heading)
• At the top of this page is a green banner that says “Log Absence”
• Click here and complete the form, giving a reason for the absence.

Please use this system for all daily absences – there is no need to phone the office to check that this has gone through. If the absence is for a date in the future (e.g. for an upcoming appointment), please email the office.

Attendance and Punctuality 

• Please make sure your child attends every day and is on time. 
• Being late has an impact on your child’s self regulation, routine and learning.
• Attendance is important. Research shows that a 1% increase in attendance can lead to a 5% increase in attainment.
• However, please do not send your child to school if they are sick!
• New attendance guidance has been released, meaning that we will need to be tighter on the authorising of absences, particularly when a child is at risk of becoming a persistent absentee.
• Holidays during term time cannot be authorised under any circumstances