Policy

Madrasah Burhaniya recognises that positive behaviour and good attendance are central to raising standards and pupil achievement. Our policy on attendance and punctuality underpins our Madrasah ethos to:

1. promote children’s welfare and safeguarding;
2. ensure every pupil has access to the education to which they are entitled;
3. ensure that pupils succeed whilst at madrasa;
4. ensure that pupils have access to the widest possible range of opportunities when they leave madrasa and;
5. Protect the rights of the child to receive an education.
6. For our children to gain the greatest benefit from their education it is vital that they attend regularly and that they arrive to madrasa on time. Any absence or lateness affects the pattern of a child’s schooling and regular absence will seriously affect their learning. Any pupil’s absence or late arrival disrupts teaching routines and affects the learning of others in the same class.

As parents, you have a responsibility to ensure your child’s attendance at Madrasah.

You must ensure your child in is madrasah by 8.50am and ready to start learning at 8.55am.  Persistent lateness will result in a referral to the Head Mohlim.

Attendance and punctuality records are scrutinised by the Leadership Team on a weekly basis, and by the Committee on a termly basis.

Absence from Madrasah

If your child is absent from Madrasah, please contact the Madrasah office on the day of absence. We would request you not to keep your child from attending madrasa for reasons other than sickness or urgent medical appointments.

We trust that parents will not dishonestly claim that there are exceptional circumstances which require them to take their children aboard during term. We need to role model good attendance, punctuality and integrity to our children in order for them to be successful later on in life.

Reasons not to keep your child off Madrasah

1. If their parent or sibling is ill
2. On their birthday
3. To attend a non-urgent medical appointment or check up (wherever possible, dentist and eye sight appointments should be made after school hours.
4. To avoid going on a madrasah trip (if you have any concerns about a madrasah trip, please ask to make an appointment to see a member of staff).