We wanted to remind you of penalty notice fines for school attendance. With the introduction of the new National Framework for Penalty Notices in August 2024, ALL schools will be required to consider a fine when a child has missed 5 days or more for unauthorised reasons. If you have any questions, please contact a member of the Welfare Team or Senior Leadership Team at the school.

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This is an important update about school attendance for the 2025/26 academic year. Birchfield Primary School continues to work in partnership with parents and the Local Authority to improve school attendance. A big thank you to the majority of parents who make sure their children attend school regularly, particularly during the current cost of living crisis impacting families.

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Attendance News

A huge thank you to everyone who attended school every day and on time last term. Our attendance figure last term hit national average. However, this term attendance has fallen to just below national average. Our attendance is at 94.7% We need to continue to ensure we are in school every day and on time. If you have an appointment it is important you attend school before the appointment where possible and return back to school after the appointment.

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Coffee morning

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent coffee morning. It was great to see so many of you there! We had a number of support agencies present to discuss the resources available to our community and how to access them. If you were unable to attend, you can find a list of the agencies that participated in this newsletter, along with information on how to reach them for support.

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