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Rationale
At Glynwood school we recognise the importance of good attendance. This has an effect on pupil achievement, and social implications, setting patterns for lifelong habits. Improving pupil attendance depends on effective collaboration between the school, parents/carers, Local Authority and the wider community.

The Legal Context
Parents have the legal responsibility to ensure that their children attend school regularly and punctually. Where parents fail to carry out this responsibility, the Local Authority has a duty to take action against those parents.

Aims
• To encourage all pupils to attend school – to have an attendance rate of 95% or above.
• To identify and implement effective strategies to improve attendance.
• To promote the early identification of school attendance problems.
• To ensure that individual children who fail to attend school are assessed and appropriate support plans to improve attendance are implemented.
• To ensure that children are referred to appropriate agencies as necessary to address attendance problems.

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Rationale
Self-expression is acceptable only when it causes no harm or hurt, physical or mental to others.

‘Bullying’ is the wilful, conscious desire to hurt or threaten someone else. It can be physical, verbal, a rude gesture, intimidation or extortion. It can range from vicious assault to horseplay. It can occur at any time of day, several times of day or week. It can go on for months or even years.

Purpose
• To ensure consistency of approach to bullying.
• To ensure a secure environment for children.
• To encourage respect between children.
• To support the schools existing Behaviour and Discipline policy.

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Rationale
Where schools require children to complete some work at home there is an ethos that reflects work as an important feature of school/home life and it provides opportunities to develop learning.

Purpose
1. To involve home in the life of school. To provide opportunities for parents/carers to talk to their children about some aspect of their work in a positive way.
2. To give children the opportunity to take responsibility for organising some of their work at home, beyond the control of the teacher.
3. To improve levels of achievement in school.
To support the development of ‘Oracy’ skills (Oracy – speaking and listening).

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