You can download helpful information from our main attendance page
From the first day of term to the last, the small moments in a school day make a real difference to your child. #AttendanceCounts
For general attendance information and downloads visit our main attendance page
New attendance legislation comes into effect on 19th August.
The new legislation aims to improve attendance of all children across England. Miles Coverdale will continue to work with parents and carers and the children to make regular attendance our top priority. The school's attendance policy for 2024-2025 is now available.
National Data
The Department for Education (DfE) issues regular data showing attendance in schools across England. We are very pleased to say that we are consistently above the average for all schools and also for primary schools. We will soon start benchmarking our data against other schools in the borough to see how well we are doing. At 11th July the national average for all-schools was 92.9% and for primary schools it was 94.5%. Our attendance in that period was also 94.5% so we are in line with national averages of primary schools but above national averages of all-school types. We had the highest attendance in 23-24 than we have had in more than 4 years.
100% Attendance
In 2023-24 eleven children came to school every single day and were not late more than 9 times. We will only reward those that were here for the whole academic year and we have three children who are our 2023-2024 ATTENDANCE HEROES. Well done to the three children in years 3 and 5.
Getting here on time
Did you know that if you bring your child to school after 9.20 (unless they are unwell or have an appointment), we have to mark it as an unauthorised absence? If a child is late by just 5 minutes every day of the school year, by the end of summer that child would have missed the equivalent of 3.5 days of school. Children need to be here on time so that they don't miss out on important learning. School starts at 8.50 - we ask children to be in the playground by 8.45. The new law for 2024 requires schools to refer families of children with 10 unauthorised sessions in a 10 week period (in other words arriving after 9.20 once a week) for a fine. You must make sure your child is in school on time.
