School Attendance
If your child has missed some days from school, please fill out the form here and let us know the reason for their absence.
The purpose of the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 is to encourage regular school attendance and participation in education and training for as long as possible. A good education gives your child the best possible start in life. It is desirable that every child stays in school and completes the Leaving Certificate. Schools are obliged by law to notify Tusla – Child and Family Agency if a child is absent for 20 days or more or where absences gives rise to concern.
As a parent/guardian, you must let the school know if your child is absent and the reason why. It is school policy that reasons must be given in writing. Under the law, every child must attend school regularly up to sixteen years of age or complete at least three years education in a post primary school whichever comes later.
If your child is sick or is absent for other good reasons, no action will be taken by Tusla - Child and Family Agency. However, if there is concern about your child’s attendance at school or about the reasons given, you may be visited by an Educational Welfare Officer who will discuss your child’s education with you. The Officer will work with you and take full account of the circumstances of the child and the family before deciding what further action is necessary to ensure that the child receives his/her entitlement to an education.
Further information concerning the new service and about school attendance matters generally can be obtained from the national Lo-Call Education Helpline - 1890 36 36 66.
Below is a copy of the parent leaflet published by the Educational Welfare Services. Further information on school attendance can also be found here.
If you have any queries or wish to discuss your child's attendance, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Claire Healy,
Attendance Officer
As a parent/guardian, you must let the school know if your child is absent and the reason why. It is school policy that reasons must be given in writing. Under the law, every child must attend school regularly up to sixteen years of age or complete at least three years education in a post primary school whichever comes later.
If your child is sick or is absent for other good reasons, no action will be taken by Tusla - Child and Family Agency. However, if there is concern about your child’s attendance at school or about the reasons given, you may be visited by an Educational Welfare Officer who will discuss your child’s education with you. The Officer will work with you and take full account of the circumstances of the child and the family before deciding what further action is necessary to ensure that the child receives his/her entitlement to an education.
Further information concerning the new service and about school attendance matters generally can be obtained from the national Lo-Call Education Helpline - 1890 36 36 66.
Below is a copy of the parent leaflet published by the Educational Welfare Services. Further information on school attendance can also be found here.
If you have any queries or wish to discuss your child's attendance, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Claire Healy,
Attendance Officer
School Attendance Statistics
In the 2018/19 school year, we broke our attendance record almost every month! Having maintained our attendance above 90% for 8 of the 10 months of the school year in the 2017/18 school year, we went on to maintain our attendance above 91% for 9 of the 10 months in the 2018/19 school year!
The annual average attendance was 92.3%. This is the first year EVER that our annual average was above 92%. Massive well done to all for achieving this.
We would love to beat our record again in the 2019/20 school year! Let's do it!
- September 2018: 94.2% (Record stays at 94.5%, achieved in both 2014 and in 2015)
- October 2018: 94.9% (This is the highest monthly percentage EVER in the history of our school for any month!)
- November 2018: 91.8% (Record stays at 93.2%, achieved in 2017)
- December 2018: 91.4% (Best attendance ever for December)
- January 2019: 92.5%(Best attendance ever for January)
- February 2019: 92.8% (Best attendance ever for February)
- March 2019: 93.6% (Best attendance ever for March)
- April 2019: 93.8% (Best attendance ever for April)
- May 2019: 94.1% (Best attendance ever for May)
- June 86.7% (Record stays at 90.3%, achieved in 2014)
The annual average attendance was 92.3%. This is the first year EVER that our annual average was above 92%. Massive well done to all for achieving this.
We would love to beat our record again in the 2019/20 school year! Let's do it!
Unbroken Attendance
Take a look at the ten children who had unbroken school attendance for the whole 2017/18 year! They did not miss a single day of school, and we are very proud of their achievement!
