If a child is away from school, a letter is required concerning the nature of the absence. If your child is unwell, we require a phone call before 9.30am on each day of his or her absence.

Holidays are not encouraged during term time. A leave of absence request form should be submitted to the Head Teacher four weeks in advance of an intended absence, stating why the absence needs to be in term time and cannot be in any other school holiday time throughout the year. Each absence request will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Head Teacher. Please do not ask your children to mislead us about an absence, they can rarely maintain this and it puts them in an awkward situation with knowing they should be being honest with school staff.

Bawdsey CEP School encourages all parents/carers to work in partnership with the school to improve attendance and punctuality and recognises that “parents have the primary responsibility to ensure that pupils of compulsory school age attend school regularly”.

Our Pupil absence figures in 2024/2025

 

The information below is from the DFE school performance website https://www.find-school-performance-data.service.gov.uk/school/124719/bawdsey-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-primary-school/absence-and-pupil-population

 

Being reviewed.

Within the policy there is a section to support Parents and Carers. Also, a long list of links and supporting organisations who may be able to help families. Copied below...

Useful Links and Supporting Organisations

 

The following links may provide additional support to children, staff or families.

• Anti-Bullying Alliance: www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk

• Childline: www.childline.org.uk

• Family Lives: www.familylives.org.uk

• Kidscape: www.kidscape.org.uk

• MindEd: www.minded.org.uk

• NSPCC: www.nspcc.org.uk

• PSHE Association: www.pshe-association.org.uk

• Restorative Justice Council: www.restorativejustice.org.uk

• The Diana Award: www.diana-award.org.uk

• Victim Support: www.victimsupport.org.uk

• Young Minds: www.youngminds.org.uk

• Young Carers: www.youngcarers.net

 

Cyberbullying

• Childnet: www.childnet.com

• Internet Watch Foundation: www.iwf.org.uk

• Report Harmful Content: https://reportharmfulcontent.com/

• UK Safer Internet Centre: www.saferinternet.org.uk

• The UK Council for Internet Safety (UKCIS): www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ukcouncil-for-internet-safety

• DfE ‘Cyberbullying: advice for headteachers and school staff’: www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying

• DfE ‘Advice for parents and carers on cyberbullying’: www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying

 

SEND

• Changing Faces: www.changingfaces.org.uk

• Mencap: www.mencap.org.uk

• Anti-Bullying Alliance Cyberbullying and children and young people with SEN and disabilities: www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-information/all-about-bullying/atrisk-groups/sen-disability

DfE: SEND code of practice: www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0- to-25  

 

Race, Religion and Nationality

• Anne Frank Trust: www.annefrank.org.uk

• Kick it Out: www.kickitout.org

• Report it: www.report-it.org.uk

• Stop Hate: www.stophateuk.org

• Tell Mama: www.tellmamauk.org

• Educate against Hate: www.educateagainsthate.com

• Show Racism the Red Card: www.srtrc.org/educational LGBTQ+

• Barnardo’s LGBTQ Hub: www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/our_work/lgbtq.htm

• Metro Charity: www.metrocentreonline.org

• EACH: www.eachaction.org.uk

• Proud Trust: www.theproudtrust.org

• Schools Out: www.schools-out.org.uk

• Stonewall: www.stonewall.org.uk 

 

Sexual Harassment and Sexual Bullying

• NSPCC ‘Report Abuse in Education’ Helpline: 0800 136 663 or help@nspcc.org.uk

Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAW): www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk

• Disrespect No Body: www.gov.uk/government/publications/disrespect-nobody-campaignposters

• Anti-bullying Alliance: Preventing and responding to Sexual Bullying: www.antibullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-information/all-about-bullying/sexual-and-sexist-bullying

• Anti-bullying Alliance: advice for school staff and professionals about developing effective anti-bullying practice in relation to sexual bullying: https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/toolsinformation/all-about-bullying/sexual-and-sexist-bullying/investigating-and-respondingsexual

• Childnet Project DeShame (Online Sexual Harassment and Bullying): www.childnet.com/our-projects/project-deshame

 

The Governors hope that if parents do have concerns or complaints, they will discuss them in the first instance with the class teacher and/or headteacher, so that every effort can be made to resolve the matter as quickly and informally as possible. Where necessary the headteacher will try to resolve issues through discussions with parent and teacher. 

We are using the local provider: Ambition Institute with the Unity Teaching Hub to provide our ECTs with the ability to understand and apply the knowledge and skills set out in the ECF ‘learn that’ and ‘learn how to’ statements and equip them with the tools to be effective and successful teachers.