Attendance

All students should attend school as much as they can, as failure to do so will impact negatively on progress and achievement. The school has an overall attendance target of 96%. 

Absence on the day

If your child needs to be absent from school due to illness, please let our Attendance Officer know as early as possible, and before 9.00am, on the first day of absence. This can now be done via the MCAS app. The instructions follow:

The report an absence button appears on the Attendance screen in the Parent App. Enter the following details:

• Student: select one or more students linked to the account in the same school.
• Date From: select today’s date.
• Date To: please select.
• Message: provide details of the absence.
• Attachment: you can attach multiple files up to 20MB each (PDF, JPG, Word, Excel, and XML) .
• Send: will send the Absence Notification to the school.

If you are not able to use MCAS, you can call the school absence line for Years 7 to 11 on 01483 888000 option 1 and for Sixth Form call 01483 888151.

Unexplained absence

If a student is absent and no reason for absence has been provided, then a text message will be sent to alert parents/carers that their child has not registered. The texts and emails are sent between 10am to 11am, once all the messages and emails have been inputted onto Bromcom. Parents/Carers are then required to respond to these messages providing a reason for the absence. Unexplained absence will be recorded as unauthorised.

Please advise us of any medical appointments taking place during school time, at your earliest convenience, by emailing the Attendance Officer (attendance@georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk) or by leaving a message on the voicemail (0148 888000 option 1). Please could you send a copy of the appointment reminder/confirmation, if you have this, so that we can attach this to  your child’s attendance file. If your child is going to be absent for the full day, or have a prolonged period of absence, medical evidence will need to be provided in order for this to be authorised.

Planned absences

Planned absences became law in September 2013.

Please complete the form below if you want the Headteacher to consider your request for your child’s leave of absence during term time for any reason other than those stated above. We may ask for proof to back up your request. You should return the form for the attention of The Attendance Officer to the School Office. All requests should be submitted to the School Office at least two weeks before the first day of intended absence. Permission will not be given for a holiday or if it is applied for after the absence has taken place and this will be recorded as unauthorised absence.