Please be reminded that school attendance is mandatory. It is vital that children are in school, for their educational progress, for their wellbeing, and for their wider development. We continue to work closely with parents to help us to achieve this.

At St. Joseph’s we work hard to:

• Ensure every pupil has access to the full-time education to which they are entitled
• Promote good attendance and reduce absence, including persistent absence
• Act early to address patterns of absence
• Support parents to perform their legal duty to ensure their children of compulsory school age attend regularly, and will promote and support punctuality in attending lessons.
• Please ensure that any holidays are booked during the school holiday period. Holidays during term time will not be authorised.