Attendance

The staff of The Minster Junior School are committed, in partnership with the parents, pupils, governors, and the Local Authority, to building a school which serves the community, and of which the community is proud.

School staff believe that all pupils benefit from regular school attendance. The School  will encourage and support parents/carers in ensuring their children maximise their educational opportunities through regular attendance, and that any difficulties that impact upon attendance are identified and acted upon promptly. 

Posters

Please take a look at the attendance posters that are currently posted around the school, designed by the children to encourage good attendance from their peers. 

 school Attendance & Punctuality Newsletter

Regular attendance and punctuality is a key factor towards your child’s achievement at school. We regularly monitor both attendance and punctuality for the whole school and invite parents in to discuss circumstances with us if their child’s attendance falls below the expected percentage. We also speak to pupils too, perhaps during assembly, about the importance of being in school on time each day.

Punctuality

Unfortunately, we are seeing far too many children regularly arriving late to school. This means that they are potentially missing out on intervention groups that have been put in place to help them and also on collective worship where the whole school comes together each morning. We would like to stress the importance of regular routines such as preparing everything the night before or perhaps setting an alarm each morning when it is time to leave the house, ensuring that children have a less disruptive start to their day and arrive to school on time or even early. They are able to come in to school from 8.30am. If lateness persists, formal action in the form of a Penalty Notice may follow.

Finally, we would like to stress the importance of School and Parents working together in order to improve attendance & punctuality so that pupils can achieve their best possible outcome. Please look out for our Attendance Coffee Mornings and come along to gather more information or to ask us questions.

Simon Dilley

Education Welfare Officer

Reporting Absence

A big “thank you” to all parents who report their child’s absence to school. It is important to remember that if we do not know why your child is absent; we have no alternative than to record the absence as unauthorised.

If your child/children are absent from school, for any reason, please contact the school office before 9am.

To report absence please call the office on: 020 8688 5844 option 2, or come to the office and speak to us.

You can also use our dedicated email address to report absence: absences@theminsterjuniorscroydon.co.uk

Thank you!

Our School Day

The school gates open at 8:30 as we have a very large site, shared with the Infants’ School. The bell goes at 8:40, and the children go into class to start their Early morning Work at 8:45 which is the start of the school day. Registers are taken at 8:50, and school finishes at 3:15. This is a total of 32.5 hours a week.  

Click here to see our Attendance Policy 2024-2025