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You must let us know that your child is absent.

Telephone 01473 320413 – or email info@pipersvale.org.uk

We will require the following information:

Date
Student name
Detailed reason for absence
Medical evidence if appropriate
Name of person reporting absence

Please report all absences before 9am

Please contact the school on a daily basis for continued absence.

Absence Request Form

In line with Department for Education guidance our policy is not to grant leave for absence during term time, unless they are considered to be ‘exceptional circumstances’. Requests must be made using this form, at least three weeks in advance. Paradigm Trust considers every application on its own merit.

Download it here

Illness

The Department for Education (DfE) has provided school leaders with a clinical and public health perspective on mild illnesses and school attendance.

There is wide agreement among health professionals and educational professionals that school attendance is vital to the life chances of children and young people. Being in school improves health, wellbeing and socialisation throughout the life course. The greatest benefits come from children and young people attending school regularly.

It is usually appropriate for parents and carers to send their children to school with mild respiratory illnesses. This would include general cold symptoms: a minor cough, runny nose or sore throat. However, children should not be sent to school if they have a temperature of 38°C or above. We encourage you to look at the NHS guide ‘Is my child too ill for school?’ which gives you further advice and support around a number of common mild illnesses and ailments.