--- title: "Attendance and Absence" url: "https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/attendance-and-absence" school: "Meanwood Community and Nursery School" --- # Attendance and Absence ## Attendance and Absence Excellent attendance is really important in order for your child to benefit from school and make the best possible progress. **Please ensure your child attends school every day and arrives on time. Children should only be absent from school if they are really poorly. We have excellent pastoral care and qualified paediatric first aiders. If your child is under the weather, please talk to their teacher who will be able to ensure they are looked after with lots of TLC! Please follow the below guide if your child is unwell.** ### Illness poster [![](https://files.schudio.com/meanwood-community-and-nursery-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/illness-poster/Poster.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/meanwood-community-and-nursery-school/images/gallery/illness-poster/Poster.jpg) Holidays in term time are no longer permitted, due to changes in the law on school attendance which came into effect from Sep 2013. We are unable to authorise time off for holidays and any holidays which are taken in term time will be recorded as unauthorised on the register and may result in a fixed penalty fine. Please phone the office on [**01706 648197**](tel:01706%20648197), choosing option 1, before **9.00am** on the first day of your child's absence. There is also a 24 hour answer machine facility. You can email the school office on **[absence@meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk](mailto:absence@meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk?subject=Pupil%20absence)**. Please make sure you write your child's full name in the message. Alternatively, you can use the Schudio app to inform us. **If you don't let us know why your child is off school, we have to record this as an unauthorised absence.** ### Parents - [Home School Agreement](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/home-school-agreement) - [Admissions](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/admissions) - [Attendance and Absence](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/attendance-and-absence) - [Term Dates](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/term-dates) - [Payments](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/payments) - [ School Meals](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/school-meals) - [Free School Meals](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/free-school-meals) - [ School Uniform](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/school-uniform) - [Complaints](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/complaints) - [Children's Welfare](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/children-s-welfare) - [Internet Safety](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/internet-safety) - [SEND](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/send) - [Speech & Language](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/speech-and-language) - [Local Offer](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/local-offer) - [Homework](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/homework) - [Support your Child](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/support-your-child) - [Support for Parents](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/support-for-parents) - [Bilingual Parents](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/bilingual-parents) - [Rochdale Foodbank](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/rochdale-foodbank) - [Concerned about bullying?](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/concerned-about-bullying) - [Parent View](https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/) - [Early Birds Breakfast Club](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/breakfast-club) - [Clubs](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/school-life/clubs) - [COVID Information](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/covid-information) - [Wise Owls After School Club](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/teatime-club) - [Data Protection](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/parents/data-protection) ![Meanwood Community and Nursery School](https://files.schudio.com/meanwood-community-and-nursery-school/images/logo/logo-app_(3).png) #### Meanwood Community and Nursery School Churchill Street Rochdale OL12 7DJ 01706 648197 #### Useful Links: - Term Dates - [School Policies](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/our-school/school-policies) - [Ofsted Reports](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/our-school/ofsted-reports) - [Job Vacancies](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/our-school/jobvacancies) #### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Meanwood-Primary-School-214498992782974/) - [X](https://twitter.com/MeanwoodSchool) © Copyright 2019–2026 Meanwood Community and Nursery School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://meanwood.rochdale.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)