Being on time means getting the most from lessons and will typically mean a student is ready to learn. This means aiming to arrive 10-15 minutes before the scheduled start of the day and being ready to learn with all the right materials. These include their books, a charged Chromebook or laptop, pencil case with pens, pencils and other stationery, drink bottle.

A student who is late to school may not be ready to learn, will miss instructions, and may disrupt the class on entry. Every minute counts.

If a student is absent 5 minutes once a week that is equivalent to missing 1.5 hours of instruction. Being late by 5 minutes once a day adds up to 16 hours (or 3 days) of lost instructional time per year.

Students arriving late to school because of tardiness or before-school appointments must sign in at the Office. Students will receive a date-stamped late pass to show classroom teachers. If the lateness is due to an early morning dental/medical appointment, then students should present the appointment slip to the office when signing in to justify the lateness.

The school is aware that occasionally other circumstances cause a lateness outside of the control of the student or parent/guardian. This is expected to be a rare event, but in such circumstances, please provide a suitable explanation to the office (i.e. written note/email) or come in when you drop your child off. This will be recorded by the office.

Students who are very late to school may be recorded as absent or Truant. For instance, if the student arrives with only 15-20 minutes of the class left then it is more accurate to record the student as absent.

If students are late at any other time, they should have a note to explain why from a staff member (e.g. meeting with another teacher). If not, the class teacher must mark the student as late, and the student should expect a consequence.

If students are significantly late without reason (beyond 5 minutes) or regularly late to classes then their LA, Pastoral Manager and Deputy Principal will be notified. Students who are showing negative patterns will be placed on attendance logs and will have to make up time with staff at lunchtimes and then after schools.

Below is how quickly a few minutes add up to lost learning