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Hope Valley College

Attendance

This information has been updated to reflect our new procedures during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The following procedures operate in relation to attendance:

Registration

Morning registers are taken promptly at the start of period 1 at 8:55. The register is updated with late comers.

Registers are taken at the start of each lesson. Teachers are expected to complete these within the first ten minutes of each lesson. Reception will be notified of anyone not present in the lesson in order to address truancy issues.

 

reporting an absence

Attendance at school is crucial to the success of our students.  We will continue with our high expectations that students will aspire to the highest possible attendance.  We recognise that their may be times when students are not able to attend school. 

How to report an absence

It is vital that you tell us directly if your child is going to be absent. Otherwise we will treat their absence as a safeguarding matter.

Step 1: let us know

You can let us know by:

Please include the following information:

  • Name.
  • Year and Class.
  • Bus.
  • The names of any siblings in school.
Step 2: fill in the absence form

You must also now complete our online form for ALL absences. This provides useful informatoin should we have to follow the 'track and trace' procedure.

Please complete this form, even if you think the absence is not Covid-related:

Please ensure you following both steps 1 and 2.

 

What to do if your child is ill

Lots of parents have contacted us asking what to do in different situations. Below is a basic guide to follow. However, please also check out the latest NHS advice if you are unsure.

You can contact the NHS by calling 111 or going to their website at: https://111.nhs.uk/

WHAT TO DO IF... ACTION NEEDED

RETURN TO SCHOOL WHEN...

My child has Covid-19 symptoms:

  • HIGH TEMPERATURE – this means they feel hot to touch on their chest or back.
  • A NEW CONTINOUS COUGH – this means coughing for more than an hour or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours.
  • A LOSS OR CHANGE TO THEIR SENSE OF SMELL OR TASTE – this means they have noticed they can’t smell or taste anything.

DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL.
Get a test.
Contact school daily until test outcome is known.
Household to self-isolate until child receives test result.
INFORM SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY ABOUT THE TEST RESULT.
DO NOT SEND ANY SIBLINGS TO SCHOOL.
IF NO TESTS AVAILABLE CONTINUE TO ISOLATE FOR 10 DAYS OR UNTIL NEGATIVE TEST RESULT.

Test is returned negative.

My child tests positive for Covid-19.

DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL.
Inform school immediately about test result. Agree earliest date for possible return - minimum of 10 full days.
Self-isolate the whole household for 10 full days.

If your child tests positive with a LFD test (either at school or with a home-testing kit) then they need to have an NHS PCR test to confirm the positive.  If they start symptoms after the positive test, they should self-isolate for 10 full days after symptoms start.

.....They feel better. Student can return after 10 days even if they have a cough or loss of taste/smell. These symptoms can last for several weeks.
My child tests negative. CONTACT THE SCHOOL. Discuss when your child can come back to school (same day/next day). FORWARD EMAIL OF TEST RESULT OR SCREEN SHOT TO SCHOOL. .....The test comes back negative.

Somebody in my household has coronavirus symptoms.

DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL. Contact school daily.
Self-isolate the whole household for 10 days (or until test comes back negative).
Household member and anyone else in household who is showing symptoms to get a test.
INFORM SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY ABOUT TEST RESULTS.

The household member test is negative.

Somebody in my household has tested positive for coronavirus.

DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL.
Agree earliest date for possible return - minimum of 10 days.

The young person has completed 10 days of self-isolation.

NHS test and trace has identified my child as a ‘close contact’ of somebody with symptoms or a confirmed case of coronavirus.

DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL.
Agree earliest date for possible return - minimum of 10 days.

The young person has completed 10 days of self-isolation.

We/my child has travelled and has to self-isolate as part of a period of quarantine.

Do not take unauthorised leave in term time.
Consider quarantine requirement and FCO advice when booking travel.
Provide information to school as per attendance policy.
Returning from a destination where quarantine needed:
DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL.
Agree an earliest date for possible return. Minimum of 10 days from return date. Self-isolate the whole household.

The quarantine period of 10 days has been completed.

We have received medical advice that my child must resume shielding.

DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL.
Contact the pastoral team in school as soon as possible.
Shield until you are informed that restrictions are lifted and shielding is paused again.

….School inform you that restrictions have been lifted and your child can return to school.
My child’s bubble is closed due to Covid-19 outbreak in school. DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL. At home support your child with remote learning provided by school.
Your child will need to isolate for 10 full days AND NOT GO OUT AT ALL. Others in the household can go to work/school as usual.		 …..School will inform you when the bubble will be reopened.
My child is ill with symptoms not linked to Covid-19. FOLLOW USUAL SCHOOL ABSENCE POLICY PROCEDURE. …..After 48 hours following the last bout of sickness/diarrhoea if this is the cause of absence.

You can download an A4 sheet which contains this useful guide at the bottom of this page.

Please be assured that in all of these matters we will be closely adhering to the DFE guidance.

 

Symptoms Guide

The infographic below shows how to recognise symptoms for Coronavirus, cold and flu:

Absence

We expect all students to be absent only when entirely necessary because of illness or other authorised circumstances. We will always respect a students right to religious observation and will authorise any relative absences accordingly.

The College operates a first day response system to absence.

We expect all parents to:

  • Assess whether their child is genuinely ill and required to be absent from College or whether they could be sent in.
  • Contact College before 8:55 am on the first day of absence to inform College why their child is not attending College.
  • Contact College on every subsequent day that their child is ill.
  • Seek medical advice/help for the child if they are seriously ill.
  • Bring the child into College later in the day if they feel better.

We expect all students to:

  • Assess whether they are definitely required to be absent from College or whether they could actually come in.
  • Catch up on any work that they miss

As a College we will:

  • Send a text message before 10am to all parents of students who have not yet contacted the College.
  • Ring all parents of absent students who have subsequently not contacted College.

If no direct contact has been made with a parent during the day of absence the absence will automatically be recorded as unauthorised.

Punctuality

There is an expectation that all students at Hope Valley College attend College and lessons punctually at all times.

Students who arrive after 9am will report to their tutor who will mark them as late (L).

Students who arrive after 9.25 should report to reception where they will have to sign in. Students arriving after this time will not get an AM mark and are considered to have had an unauthorised absence except in exceptional situations in which their lateness is as a result of a bus being held up. After signing in at reception students should then proceed to lessons

  1. EXCEPTIONAL-TERM-TIME-LEAVE-REQUEST-FORM-Oct-2015

  2. EXCEPTIONAL-TERM-TIME-LEAVE-REQUEST-FORM-Oct-20154

  3. Covid-19 Related Student Absence_Guide for parents_March 2021

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