Good attendance and punctuality are important at Ysgol Bodfari. Every school is required to report its annual attendance figures to the Welsh Assembly, and at Ysgol Bodfari we consistently achieve excellent attendance rates.
If your child has been or is going to be absent for any reason it is important that school is informed and notified, in the first instance by a phone call or verbal message, with the reason for absence. This may be followed up by letter or e-mail. If school has not heard from a parent regarding their child’s absence by 09:15, then a phone call will be made to the home to enquire about the absence. Please keep us up to date with any on-going problems with attendance. All late arrivals and absences will be marked on your child’s annual report.
Following Government legislation, the school is obliged to differentiate between authorised and unauthorised absences. An unauthorised absence has to be recorded if no letter, verbal message etc. of explanation following an absence is received. Absence request forms are available from the school. We do, however, request that holidays are taken during the school holidays as any absences from school during term time will obviously cause problems for individual pupils who have to catch up on missed work when they return to school. Holidays during term time will not be authorised unless there are exceptional circumstances.
For 2024-2025 the Governing Body of Ysgol Bodfari have set our attendance target as 95%.
Punctuality
Registration takes place at 09:00. If your child arrives in school after 09:15 they will be registered as arriving late. A letter will be sent home to notify parents if a child is regularly late.
