A very high rate of attendance is essential if you are going to be as successful as you can in academy.
- If you are sick let the academy know immediately by telephone and bring a note of explanation to your Form Tutor when you return.
- Medical appointments, as far as possible, should be made out of academy hours.
Due to changes in legislation the Academy is unable to authorise any term time holidays. Headteachers’ are only permitted to authorise absence during term time in exceptional circumstances. Please note as an Academy we still strongly recommend that no term time holidays are taken by students as:
Sixth Form students who take term time holidays will put their Sixth Form place at risk. Each case will be reviewed individually and take account of the overall number of days of absence. A-level courses are very challenging and relatively short in length as students sit exams in June. Clearly students with low levels of attendance will not be able to meet the challenges of Sixth Form studies.