Children attending school everyday is vital in helping to ensure they reach their full potential. We work hard at St Mary and St Chad First School to promote good attendance and have many children achieving 100% attendance every year. 

This term we are using the Staffordshire County Council  ‘Little Heroes’ campaign to encourage and support regular school attendance in primary schools across the county.

Across the UK, there has been a drop in attendance rates, and school attendance in Staffordshire is down by 2.3 per cent, compared to previous years. The main reasons for school absences are due to mild illnesses and anxiety barriers.

This September, the county council has officially launched the ‘Little Heroes’ campaign across Staffordshire primary schools to boost attendance and support students.

The campaign focuses on the ‘HERO’ theme and creative ‘Pixar’ style characters to encourage the message ‘Here Every day Ready and On time.'

As a school we have signed-up to the campaign have received our starter kits, packed full of creative resources to encourage and engage key stage one and two children, to attend school every day. Each child has been given a leaflet about the campaign. Certificates and stickers will be given out to promote Here Every day Ready and On time. 

We realise that children can sometimes get ill and we ask parents to inform the school office as soon as possible to explain why their child is absent. If their child has sickness or diarrhoea, they need to be off school for 48 hours following their last incident of sickness or diarrhoea as this will help avoid the spread of infection. 

Absence from school is discouraged but if parents are considering taking their child out of school during the term time, the guidelines and procedures are to be followed. See documents below.