The target for all PCHS students is to achieve 100% attendance and punctuality. The minimum expectation for all students is attendance over the academic year of 96%.
If your child misses school on a regular basis they are damaging their future life choices. In secondary school 19 days of absence correlates on average to one grade lower at GCSE in all subjects.
| Attendance during one school year | Equivalent days | Equivalent session | Equivalent weeks | Equivalent lessons missed |
| 95% | 10 days | 20 sessions | 2 weeks | 50 lessons |
| 90% | 19 days | 38 sessions | 4 weeks | 95 lessons |
| 85% | 29 days | 58 sessions | 6 weeks | 145 lessons |
| 80% | 38 days | 72 sessions | 8 weeks | 190 lessons |
| 75% | 48 days | 96 sessions | 10 weeks | 240 lessons |
| 70% | 57 days | 114 sessions | 11 weeks | 285 lessons |
| 65% | 67 days | 134 sessions | 13 weeks | 335 lessons |
If you need to request permission for your child to be away from school within term time please complete a Leave of Absence form which can be found here:
If you need to discuss your child’s attendance with the school please contact Mrs W Grainger our Attendance Officer on Ext 3084 or Mrs G Boddy, Assistant Headteacher.
