Attendance
Attendance Contacts:
If students are away from school, parents must telephone the school each day that they are absent, providing student name, Community and reason.
Attendance Officer - Mrs Sargeant: 01474 543624
Email: attendance@ntc.kent.sch.uk,
Edulink: via the attendance section of the app
Sixth Form Absence - Mrs Setters: 01474 543403
Email: 6thattendance@ntc.kent.sch.uk
NTC believes that full attendance is a key ingredient in helping to achieve success in school and in life, therefore expect students to always attend and arrive on time. Northfleet Technology College therefore expects every student to strive for 100% attendance with valid illness absence, every student to have at least 97% attendance. We want all our young people to achieve their full potential. Barriers such as high absence will hinder, delay or stop their progress.
Attendance monitoring:
Attendance to school is monitored weekly and parents and guardians may receive correspondence from the school as soon as their child’s attendance starts to fall below 97%, even if their child has been absent for genuine illness. Parents informing us of absences due to illness does not automatically guarantee it will be authorised; this will be determined by the school, depending on current attendance levels and whether medical evidence has been provided. We do not require letters from GP’s but any medical packaging or an appointment card from the doctor will be enough.
Holidays
We do not authorise holidays and ask parents and guardians to book holidays out of term time. If you decide to withdraw your child without our permission, we will issue a penalty notice from Kent County Council, which will be £80 per child, per parent including stepparents. This will rise to £160 per parent per child if not paid within 21 days. If there are exceptional circumstances, the head teacher may agree to authorise, but this is very rare. Any requests must be made in advance via a leave of absence form with accompanying letter.
Prolonged periods of absence
Northfleet Technology College works with external agencies to support families remove any absence barriers. Students with 10 or more sessions of unauthorised absence in a rolling period of 10 school weeks (10 sessions is equivalent to 5 days) will be issued with a penalty notice, if through formal support plans attendance does not improve. We will issue a penalty notice from Kent County Council, which will be £80 per child, per parent including stepparents. This will rise to £160 per parent per child if not paid within 21 days. If payment is not made, Kent County Council may decide to pursue further legal action.
Key documents
NTC Attendance Presentation for Parents
