Attendance
Our school complies with the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Code of Conduct for the issuing of Penalty Notices to parents for unauthorised pupil absence or leave of absence absences from school.
The Local Authority has carried out a review of the Code of Conduct and has implemented changes which will be carried out from 2nd September 2019.( updated March 2020 in line with DFE guidance for Covid-19)
Click the link here for DfE School Attendance Guidance
For further information, please telephone the school office on 01226 711332
or email at admin@brierleyschool.com
We are reviewing our approach to school attendance.
The DfE have published revised guidance which we are following and this means looking at how we can improve attendance at Brierley.
Mrs Wood will be your point of contact if you need to discuss attendance from now on.
We are working more closely with the Education Welfare Service whose role is to promote attendance in schools.
Each week, those children who have come to school every day and on time will go into our prize draw where they will be able to choose something they want from our selection of goodies.
At the end of each half term, the class with the best attendance, will be given a party – just for them! This will take place one afternoon towards the end of half term, in school. In addition, we are introducing a series of incentives that we really hope you will jump on board with:
At the end of each full term, if your child reaches at least 96% attendance, they will be eligible to join us on one of our trips.
In Autumn, just before Christmas we will take those children with at least 96% attendance to the cinema.
Just before Easter, will take the children with at least 96% attendance bowling.
Just before the summer holidays, we will take the children with at least 96% attendance to the seaside.
If your child does not have a single day off, not only will they have attended all three trips, they will also receive a 100% trophy.
As you can imagine, the children are very excited about all the rewards we are offering, so please help us and get as many children into school as possible, enjoying these treats.