You must contact school every day by 9.15am, to report an absence in one of the following ways:

• Phone the school office on 0121 4644388 and then select either KS1 or KS2.
• Come into the school office (KS1 or KS2)
• Go onto the My Child at School App (MCAS), select the icon circled below. This takes you to ‘Absence reporting’, where you click the link and complete the form, explaining the reason for absence.

If you let the class teacher know the reasons for absence, you must still contact the office.

If you fail to contact the school, you will receive a text at 9.30am asking you to contact the school immediately to explain the absence.

If you haven’t contacted the school by 10.00am, you will receive a phone from school to ask you to explain the absence.

If we still have had no contact from you, we will implement the following responses:

• If a child is absent for 3 consecutive days, we will want to see the child, so we will be carrying out a home visit or a video call and we expect to see and speak to the child.   

• In some circumstances, including where we have ongoing concerns about a child’s attendance, we will want to see the child after 2 consecutive days. So, we will be carrying out a home visit or a video call and we expect to see and speak to the child.
• In more complex situations, we will initiate face to face contact on the first day of absence as we need to be satisfied that the child is safe and well. 

If you have contacted us and given us reasons for your child’s absence, we will implement the following responses:

• If a child is absent for 7 consecutive days, we will want to see the child, so we will be carrying out a home visit or a video call and we expect to see and speak to the child.   
• In some circumstances, including where we have ongoing concerns about a child’s attendance, we will want to see the child after 5 consecutive days. So, we will be carrying out a home visit or a video call and we expect to see and speak to the child.
• In more complex situations, we will initiate face to face contact after 3 consecutive days as we need to be satisfied that the child is safe and well.