Please can all parents and carers contact the College DAILY and before 8.15am should their child be absent, even for prolonged absences.

Please report absence by emailing your child's applicable year attendance team and include your child's full name, tutor group and the concise reason for absence.

 

Y7Attendance@exmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk

Y8Attendance@exmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk

Y9Attendance@exmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk

Y10Attendance@exmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk

Y11Attendance@exmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk

SixthForm@exmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk

 

Students who have been absent because of sickness and diarrhoea should return to college no earlier than 48 hours after their last episode.

NHS guidance on COVID-19 about symptoms and requirements.

Official NHS guidance on what to do, if your child is feeling unwell.

 

Please complete our Ongoing Absence Concerns Form to raise your query and discuss a specific concern about your child's prolonged absence.

 

Every year, we see evidence that students with good attendance levels achieve better attainment than their peers with low attendance. Therefore, high levels of attendance are really important.

• Attendance below 90% will trigger a student to be placed into the persistent absentee category and the College is legally obliged to take action.
• Attendance of 90% equates to a total of approx. 2–3 weeks of lesson time having been missed!
• Poor attendance hinders a child’s progress and teachers will be unable to retrospectively provide any work that has been missed during this time.
• Parents should aim for 100% attendance. Students at this level will be positively recognised by their Head of House and most importantly, will have had every chance of reaching their true potential.

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ABSENCE REQUESTS DURING TERM TIME

Unfortunately, we are only able to authorise exceptional circumstances for absence requests. This is a legal requirement for all schools.  We are unable to authorise any requests for holiday during term time, including Activities Week. If an absence is taken without being authorised by the College, it will trigger a referral to the county's Education Welfare Service and could incur a fine (please see the bottom of this paragraph for further information around unauthorised absences). We would therefore encourage you to communicate closely with us. If it is unavoidable that you need to apply for an exceptional absence, please download and complete the 'Devon S2 Absence request form'.

S2 forms should be submitted at least three weeks prior to the absence request period to guarantee your request can be processed in time. Email requests will not be processed unless you have filled in and attached the Devon CC S2 Absence Request form. Completed forms must be emailed to the applicable student's year attendance email for which you can find details at the top of this page in our Reporting Absence section. 

CHILD EMPLOYMENT AND WORK PERMITS

Any child aged 13 up until legal school-leaving age undertaking paid employment outside of school, must have obtained a work permit prior to commencing employment. For legal guidance and further information on child employment rules, please click here. 

Work Permit application forms can be downloaded via the link below 'Work Application Form'.

USING CLASSCHARTS TO MONITOR YOUR CHILD’S ATTENDANCE

In order to fully keep track of your child’s attendance, rewards, behaviour, homework, timetable, college announcements and other important information, please download the ClassCharts parent & carer app. Parent and student access codes will be automatically issued to parents at the point of students joining Year 7 but can also be obtained at a later stage by emailing our BromCom Team.

Students will need to download the student app and request an access code to receive key information and homework assignments. Please click on the link below for full information on how ClassCharts works. Please note that some features referenced in the guide are not currently used by the College and are not available to parents/students. 

HOW TO CONTACT THE COLLEGE REGARDING ATTENDANCE CONCERNS:

FIRST INITIAL CONTACT: Please contact your child’s tutor via email.

SECOND CONTACT: If no response is received, please contact your child's Head of House and/or the Pastoral Support by email.

Details of individual emails can be found in our Contact section. 

GENERAL ATTENDANCE ENQUIRES: For any general enquiries about attendance, please email using the following email addresses applicable to your child's year group found in the 'Reporting Absences' section at the top of this page.

For further information, please download the Attendance Guide for Parents and Carers below.

 

Information on child employment rules: click here

College Attendance Policy HERE