Attendance
Regular attendance is vital for your child’s success, helping them to achieve their best and develop important life skills.
Regular attendance is vital for your child’s success, helping them to achieve their best and develop important life skills.
At Lift Lea Forest, we are committed to ensuring every child receives an excellent education, and consistent attendance is fundamental to achieving this. Regular attendance directly supports academic progress, fosters crucial social and emotional development, and cultivates positive learning habits.
By working together – pupils, parents, and staff – to achieve our attendance target of 96%, we create a stable and supportive learning environment that promotes uninterrupted learning, strengthens relationships, and enhances each child's sense of belonging within our school community.
Our attendance strategy document can be viewed here.
If your child is unable to attend school, please notify the school as soon as possible via 0121 675 3984.
Contact the school to report the absence and provide the reason and expected return date. This can be done by calling 0121 675 3984 between 8am and 9:15am.
Keep the school informed of your child’s progress and update the expected return date where possible. Absences can be reported by phone 0121 675 3984 or replying to the arbor app message.
If we haven’t heard from you by a set time (usually 10:30 am), a member of the school’s administration team will contact you to confirm the reason for absence. You may also recieve a text message or arbor app message asking why your child is not in attendance.
Parents and carers are legally responsible for ensuring their child attends school regularly and punctually. Failure to do so could result in legal action by the local authority.
Under the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 2006, only the school can authorise an absence – not parents or carers.
Time off for holidays during term time is not a legal right. Any request for a leave of absence must be made in advance by completing an absence form and submitting it to the school office. If a holiday is taken without permission, the absence will be recorded as ‘unauthorised’ and could result in legal action.
You can read the government advice here:
https://www.gov.uk/school-attendance-absence
Regular school attendance is essential because:
If you need to request a leave of absence during term time, you must complete a leave of absence form and return it to the school office. Please note that email requests cannot be accepted.
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Lift Lea Forest,
Hurstcroft Road,
Kitts Green, Birmingham
B33 9RD
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