- Attendance Policy (updated September 2025)
Attendance data for 2025/2026
Shiplake CE Primary School attendance for Autumn Term 2025 96.9%
Oxfordshire Attendance for Autumn Term 2025 94.26%
National School Attendance for Autumn Term 2025 93.68%
Last year’s attendance data (2024/2025)
Shiplake CE Primary School attendance for 2024/2025 96.5%
Oxfordshire Attendance for 2024/2025 94.9%
National School Attendance for 2024/2025 93.1%
Introduction
This is a successful school and your child plays their part in making it so. We aim for an environment which enables and encourages all members of the community to reach out for excellence. For our children to gain the greatest benefit from their education it is vital that they attend regularly and your child should be at school, on time, every day the school is open unless the reason for the absence is unavoidable.
It is very important therefore that you make sure that your child attends regularly and this Policy sets out how together we will achieve this.
Why Regular Attendance is so important:
Any absence affects the pattern of a child’s schooling and regular absence will seriously affect their learning. Any pupil’s absence disrupts teaching routines so may affect the learning of others in the same class. Children are best safeguarded from exploitation and other risks in the wider community by attending school regularly where they are supervised by qualified and caring professionals.
Ensuring your child’s regular attendance at school is your legal responsibility and permitting absence from school without a good reason creates an offence in law and may result in prosecution.
This policy works to meet the mandatory requirements laid out in Working together to improve school attendance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
What is good attendance?
The minimum level of attendance for this school is 95% attendance and we will keep you updated regularly about progress to this level and how your child’s attendance compares. If your child’s attendance falls below 93% we will inform in writing and arrange a meeting with you. We may also contact the Oxfordshire County Council attendance team for further advice.
Our target is to achieve better than this however, because we know that good attendance is the key to successful schooling, and we believe our pupils can be amongst the best in Oxfordshire.
Opening hours and Wrap-around-Care Provision
Weekly ‘core school hours’ are calculated using the time from the official start of the school day (morning registration), to the official end of the school day for all pupils (official home time). It includes breaks, lunch, teaching time and any enrichment activities that pupils are expected to attend.
At Shiplake CE Primary the ‘core school hours’ are 32.5 hours per week (9am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday)
We run a variety of after-school clubs throughout the school year. These are run by both school staff and external providers.
On offer for the Autumn term 2025 : Lego Club, Henley AFC Football, Henley AFC multi-sports, Ball Sports Club, Science Club
All payments have to be made beforehand, and some payments need to be made to our external providers. Please check Parentmail for details.
Breakfast Club – runs Tuesday to Friday from 8am to 8.40am. Cost per session is £7.50. Drop-ins available too! Speak with Mrs Harris for more information.
Wrap-around Club – *NEW – from 1st January 2025 – runs from 3.30pm to 6.00pm – full and short sessions available daily, plus sessions to align with after-school sports and activity clubs running. No drop-ins – pre-booking 48 hours in advance required. Please contact Mrs Harris for further information
The school gates open at 8.40am each day. School registration is at 9am. In the afternoon, school gates open at 3.20pm and school ends at 3.30pm.
If your child is too ill to attend please email the office before the start of the day.
Leave during Term Time cannot be authorised. However, if you would like to discuss exceptional circumstances where this is unavoidable, please make an appointment to discuss this with Mrs Page-Howie.
Our email address is : office.3810@shiplake.oxon.sch.uk
