--- title: "School Attendance" url: "https://alder-community-high-school.schudio.com/attendance" school: "Alder Community High School" --- # School Attendance At Alder Community High School, we believe that excellent attendance is the foundation of academic success and personal development. Every day at school matters, and we're committed to working with families to ensure all our pupils achieve their full potential through regular attendance. ***Remember: Every day counts. Every lesson matters. Together, we can ensure your child achieves their very best.*** #### Our Attendance Team #### #### Miss R Searle (RSE) ##### Education Welfare Officer #### Miss A Baird (ABI) ##### Education Welfare Officer #### Mrs L Stanfield (LST) ##### Attendance Assistant and Student Records Manager #### To report your child absent please: #### Send a message through the Class Charts app or telephone school on 0161 368 5132 ### Attendance Documents Attendance Policy 424 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/files/documents/Attendance_Policy_2026-2027.pdf) Penalty Notice Information Letter 580 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/files/documents/Penalty_Notice_Information_Letter_September_2026.pdf) Absence Request Form 288 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/files/documents/Absence_Request_Form.pdf) ### School Attendance Regular and punctual school attendance is vital if students are to maximise opportunities and reach their full potential. We appreciate the support of parents and carers in encouraging their children to attend regularly and if there are any school related issues that may impact on this we have a number of support options and strategies within school to help overcome these. Clearly attendance at school is crucial and, as you would expect, performance data shows that there is an absolute link between attendance patterns and achievement; quite simply those students who have the highest attendance rates do best. It is worth remembering that if, for whatever reason, a child misses 10 days of school in a term, he or she will miss 50 teaching periods and, despite everyone’s best intentions and efforts, this time can never be made up. #### ![](https://alder-community-high-school.schudio.com/images/Attendance/All_about_Attendance_.png) #### For further information about school attendance please see:- - [![Rainbow Flag Award](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/images/partners/Untitled_design_(1).png)](https://www.rainbowflagaward.co.uk/) - ![AcSEED](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/images/partners/Untitled_design_(2).png) - ![CPOMS Student Safe](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/images/partners/Cpoms_student_safe.png) - ![CPOMS Staff Safe](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/images/partners/Cpoms_staff_safe.png) - [![ParentPay](https://files.schudio.com/alder-community-high-school/images/partners/Untitled_design_(4).png)](https://www.parentpay.com/) ##### Location Mottram Old Road Gee Cross Hyde Greater Manchester SK14 5NJ ##### Contact Us 0161 368 5132 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/AlderCommunityHigh/) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPHzqAhyNS44u4g5Tk20eWA) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/alder-community-high-school) © Copyright 2018–2026 Alder Community High School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://alder-community-high-school.schudio.com/img/logo/dark.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)