Attendance & Punctuality

Attend School, Arrive On Time, Every Day!

Florence Melly Primary School is dedicated to ensuring every pupil attends school, arriving on time, every day. Regular attendance is crucial for academic success, social development, and overall well-being. Below, you can access our attendance strategy, guided by the ‘Working Together to Improve School Attendance’ document, 2024 and recent internal and external reviews of our practice, to outline our comprehensive approach to promoting, monitoring, and improving school attendance. 

Our goal is to proactively address attendance issues and support each child in reaching their full potential through specific, actionable steps and responsibilities. 

If you need help or support with your child’s attendance please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Byrne, our Designated Safeguarding Lead and Attendance Lead.

Studybugs – Report absence securely and help improve children’s health!

We’re pleased to announce that our school is introducing a new, more efficient and secure system for reporting your child’s absence due to illness, called Studybugs. If you haven’t already, please get the free Studybugs app, or register on the Studybugs website, and use it to tell us whenever your child’s ill and unable to attend school.

Get the app or register now by clicking the following link: https://studybugs.com/about/parents.  

Our Attendance Strategy

Our Attendance Newsletters 2025/26

Check out the newest feature of our attendance webpage…our weekly attendance newsletter. This is a place to celebrate our ‘Awesome Attendance Superstars’! 

Attendance Newsletter – 10/07/26 

Previous Attendance Newsletters

Attendance Newsletter – 03/07/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 26/06/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 19/06/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 12/06/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 05/06/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 22/05/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 15/05/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 08/05/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 01/05/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 24/04/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 17/04/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 27/03/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 20/03/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 13/03/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 06/03/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 27/02/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 13/02/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 06/02/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 30/01/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 23/01/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 16/01/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 09/01/26 

Attendance Newsletter – 12/12/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 05/12/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 01/12/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 21/11/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 14/11/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 07/11/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 19/09/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 12/09/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 11/07/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 04/07/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 27/06/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 20/06/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 13/06/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 06/06/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 22/05/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 16/05/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 09/05/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 02/05/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 25/04/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 04/04/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 21/03/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 14/03/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 07/03/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 28/02/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 14/02/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 07/02/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 31/01/25

Attendance Newsletter – 24/01/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 17/01/25 

Attendance Newsletter – 13/12/24 

Attendance Newsletter – 06/12/24 

Attendance Newsletter – 29/11/24 

Attendance Newsletter – 22/11/24 

Attendance Newsletter – 15/11/24 

Attendance Newsletter – 08/11/24 

Attendance Newsletter – 25/10/24 

Attendance Newsletter – 18/10/24 

Attendance Newsletter – 11/10/24 

Important Attendance Updates

Please see below, important attendance related updates, issued by Mrs Sainsbury, our Attendance Lead. 

Attendance Letter to Parents/Carers – 10/09/24

Celebrating Attendance on Social Media