Attendance, Term Dates & School Hours
EVERY MINUTE MATTERS!
We want our children in school on time, every day. Children need to attend regularly to take full advantage of the educational opportunities available to them. Research shows that attendance and punctuality are important factors in school success.
Our school day is 8:50am to 3:20pm which is 32.5 hours.
HOLIDAYS DURING TERM TIME
Look before you book!
The law does not give any entitlement to parents to take their child on holiday during term time. Any applications for term time leave must be in exceptional circumstances and the headteacher must be satisfied that the circumstances warrant the granting of leave. Parents can be fined by the Local Authority for taking their child on holiday during term time without consent from the school. You must obtain a form to request any holiday during term time from the school office where they will explain more about the process.
As a school, we fully appreciate the financial difficulties that some parents face when booking holidays, particularly during school holidays. However, all schools must have firm policies and stringent checks to ensure that there is a significant reduction in the number of absence during term time.
Click the files at the bottom of the page for school term and holiday dates.
Click here for future years’ school term and holiday dates from Cheshire West & Chester.
School Term and Holiday Dates
2024-2025
Scroll right for dates or download the file at the bottom of the page.
Staff Training (Inset) | Monday 2nd September | ||
Autumn Term 1 | Tuesday 3rd September | to | Friday 25th October |
School Holiday | Monday 28th October | to | Friday 1st November |
Autumn Term 2 | Monday 4th November | to | Friday 20th December |
Staff Training (Inset) | Friday 6th December | ||
Early Close | Friday 20th December at 1:30pm | ||
School Holiday | Monday 23rd December | to | Friday 3rd January |
Spring Term 1 | Monday 6th January | to | Friday 14th February |
School Holiday | Monday 17th February | to | Friday 21st February |
Staff Training (Inset) | Monday 24th February | ||
Spring Term 2 | Tuesday 25th February | to | Friday 4th April |
School Holiday | Monday 7th April | to | Friday 18th April |
Early Close | Friday 4th April at 1:30pm | ||
Bank Holiday | Monday 21st April | ||
Summer Term 1 | Wednesday 23rd April | to | Thursday 22nd May |
Bank Holiday | Monday 5th May | ||
School Holiday | Monday 26th May | to | Friday 30th May |
Summer Term 2 | Monday 2nd June | to | Friday 18th July |
Early Close | Friday 18th July at 1:30pm | ||
Staff Training (Inset) | Monday 21st July, Tuesday 22nd July & Wednesday 23rd July | ||
Parents can support regular school attendance by:
Making sure their child arrives at school on time with all their resources
Supporting and encouraging their child by attending parents’ evenings and other events
Contacting the school to discuss any concerns regarding their child’s attendance
Working in partnership with the school to resolve any issues that are impacting on their child’s attendance
Making any medical appointments outside of school hours whenever possible
Not taking children out of school for holidays in term time or for other unnecessary reasons
Attendance At Lache Primary
At Lache Primary School we want our children to be heroes...Attendance HEROES!
All HEROES are Here Everyday, Ready On time and Enjoying School
We hold a HERO week every half term.
All children will strive to attend school everyday and arrive on time to receive a sticker/stamp, If they do this everyday that week they receive a certificate.
Weekly class attendance is celebrated in Friday assemblies. Each week the class with the highest attendance will have their label put into a hat. In the last assembly of every half term a label is pulled from the hat.
This class wins the trophy and a box/tub of heroes to share.
Also, at the end of every half term children with attendance above 97% will receive a silicone wrist band.
There will be 6 different colours to collect. We also reward parents too!
At the end of the year 100% attenders will receive a £10 voucher and certificate each.
The children will also be asked if they would like to recycle their wrist bands for the following year to reduce the impact on the environment.
Persistent Absence and Unauthorised Absence
Did you know if your child arrives after the register has closed they will receive an unauthorised absence? A member of the school team may also come to your house if we cannot get in touch.
We will communicate concerns about poor attendance to parents and use an escalating approach including letters, meetings in school and/or a referral to the Education Welfare Team at Cheshire West and Chester.
Expected Levels of Attendance
Attending school regularly and on time has a positive impact on learning, progress and therefore the best life chances for pupils.
Medical appointments
Parents/carers should avoid making routine medical appointments and dental appointments during the school day. In the majority of cases, appointments can be made outside of the school day/during the school holidays.
Where appointments have to be taken during the school day, only the time for the appointment and travel to and from will be classed as an authorised absence. Pupils are expected to return to school for the remainder of the day/attend school prior to the appointment.
Parents/ carers are asked to provide proof of appointment to the office.
Punctuality
It is important that pupils attend school on time so that they do not miss out on the beginning of each school day. We begin every day with phonics and reading – vital lessons. Children must attend on time to be given a present mark for the session.
If a pupil arrives late to school every day, their learning begins to suffer. Below diagrams demonstrate how being late to school every-day over a school year adds up to lost learning time.
