Good attendance and punctuality to both school and lessons leads to higher achievement. In the world of work, good attendance and being punctual is something that is required, so we embed good habits for our students future lives.
Our greatest strength, in relation to good attendance, is our understanding that it is working to our mission statement that creates an atmosphere where students want to attend regularly and experience all that Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School has to offer.
Academic link to attendance
The table below shows our level indicator for attendance, identifying risk of underachievement. The figures are based on Department for Education published research in 2016* which found that: pupils with no absence are 2.2 times more likely to achive 5+ GCSEs A* – C or equivalent including English and Mathematics than pupils that missed 15-20% of KS4 lessons. For the purposes of our level indicator we have used 4 as the grade C equivalent.
Category | Level | % Attendance | Weeks per year | Days per year | Hours of lessons missed | % Chance of attaining 5 Grade 4-9 including English and Maths* |
Perfect attendance: No risk of underachieving | Level 1 | 100 | 0 days | 0 days missed | 0 | 78.7 |
Excellent attendance: Little risk of underachieving | Level 2 | 98-99.99 | 3 days | ½ to 3 days missed | Up to 15 hours missed | |
Risk of underachieving | Level 3 | 97-97.99 | 1 week | 3 ½ to 5 days missed | Up to 25 hours missed | 69.1 |
Level 4 | 95-96.99 | 1.5 weeks | 5 ½ to 9 ½ days missed | Up to 47.5 hours missed | ||
Serious risk of underachieving | Level 5 | 93-94.99 | 2 weeks | 9 ½ to 13 days missed | Up to 65 hours missed | Less than 52.8 |
Severe risk of underachieving | Level 6 | 90-92.99 | 3 weeks | 13 ½ to 18 ½ days missed | More than 65 hours missed | |
Extreme risk of underachieving | Level 7 | 89.99 and below | More than 3.5 weeks missed | 19 or more days missed | More than 95 hours missed | Less than 35.6 |
Informing Cardinal Heenan that you child will not be in school
If your child is unwell and unable to attend school please call the Student Absence line: 0113 887 3241 before 8.50am.
If your child is unwell during school
If your child is unwell and unable to manage to stay in school they must report themselves to the pastoral staff. Students should only ask to leave a lesson if the illness becomes unmanageable.
What do I do if my child needs medicine during school?
If your child needs to take any form of medication in school, the parent/carer must send a letter into school stating when the student needs to take it.
There is a form in reception that must be completed by the students parent/carer.
All medicines must be clearly labelled and will be left with the pastoral team.
Signing out
If a student must leave during the day for any reason, parents/carers must write a note in the homework planner in advance. Written permission must be obtained from your Head of Year.
Students must sign out at the school reception and will receive an exit slip if a parent/carer is not present. If you return later on the same day, you must sign in again.
