About Us Curriculum Information Contact Us Attendance and Absence At Outwood Academy Bydales, excellent attendance and punctuality is our aim for every child. We set an attendance target of 100% as the minimum that we expect for all students. Evidence shows that those children who attend school regularly make better progress academically and socially. To help a child achieve full attendance, parents and carers play a critical role in helping us promote good attitudes towards attendance. Together, it is important we ensure that children are present at every opportunity, arriving on time, and not being taken out of the academy without authorisation. A child's attendance is monitored closely, and we will follow up unexplained absences with parents or carers. Where a child's attendance record reaches a concerning level, we will contact the child's parents or carers to discuss ways in which we can support all parties to help improve the child's attendance. Reporting Absence If a child is too ill to attend School, it is important that the child's parents or carers contact us as soon as possible by telephone on 01642 474000 We ask you contact us each day that your child is absent. If a child has an appointment Leave of absence (including term time holidays) Automated calls to parents/carers Persistent Absence Fast Track to Attendance ©2021 Outwood Grange Academies Trust. Outwood Grange Academies Trust, a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with company number 06995649. Registered office address: Potovens Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 2PF. VAT number: 158 2720 04. Outwood Grange Academies Trust is an exempt charity.