Attendance and Absence

Working Together To Improve Attendance

If your child is going to be absent from school, please inform the school before 8:30am, either by phone, email or text.

For Main School attendance (Yr 7-11)

Telephone – 01234 782211 Select Option 1 for Attendance
Email – attendance@sharnbrook.academy

Text attendance – 07860 050044

For Sixth Form Attendance

Telephone – 01234 394886 or 01234 782211 – select option 2 for 6th form
Email: 6thformattendance@sharnbrook.academy

Text attendance – 07860 050044

Please state the student’s name, your relationship to the student, a brief outline of the illness or other reason for absence and when you expect them to return.

Messages can be left if out of hours or during school hours should the telephone lines be busy.

Please also use these telephone/email/text details to advise the attendance team of any medical/dental appointments students may need to attend.

Appointments & Late Arrival to school

Please note students must sign in at the Attendance Office by Main Reception if they arrive to school late.

They must also sign in/out at the Attendance Office by Main Reception before leaving for/or arriving from appointments.

For safeguarding reasons, we cannot allow students off site without prior notification either by phone, email, or text from a parent/carer.

If we do not receive this information prior to the appointment, we will contact you.

There is no reason for your child to be absent from school for any of the minor ailments listed below.

Our attendance officers may ask for more information if these reasons are given and will not authorise the absence if they are not satisfied.

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Attendance and Absence

Working Together To Improve Attendance

For Main School attendance (Yr 7-11)

For Sixth Form Attendance

Appointments & Late Arrival to school

Attendance & Learning Matters