Timings of the School Day at Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

School gates open at 8.30am 

School starts 8.45am - registers close at 8.55am

School finishes at 3.15pm

At Holy Cross Catholic Primary school, we believe in developing good patterns of attendance and set high expectations for the attendance and punctuality for all our pupils from the outset. It is a central part of our school’s vision, values, ethos, and day to day life. We recognise the connections between attendance, attainment, safeguarding and wellbeing.

The name and contact details of the senior leader responsible for the strategic approach to attendance in our school is:  Mrs S Power - Head Teacher – Inclusion and our Attendance Officer is Mrs L Strange.

Helping to create a pattern of regular attendance is the responsibility of parents, pupils and all members of school staff.

To help us all to focus on this we will:

• Give parents/carers details on attendance in our newsletters;
• Report to parents/carers annually on their child’s attendance with the annual school report;
• Contact parents/carers should their child’s attendance fall below the school’s target for attendance, at least on a termly basis;
• Celebrate excellent attendance by announcing the highest weekly class attendance.
• Individual termly 100% attendance certificates/letters home.

If you are having issues with getting your child to school on time, please make an appointment to discuss these to see how we can support you and your child.