Attendance

At St Paul’s we expect all students to aim for 100% attendance and punctuality as research demonstrates a clear link between regular attendance and educational progress and attainment.

The Department For Education has announced that the threshold for persistent absence will reduce from 15% to 10% from September 2015.

This means that if a student has 3 days’ absence over a half term they will fall into the category of persistent absenteeism and Surrey Educational Welfare may become involved.

Reporting an absence

All absences must be reported before 8.25am each day by calling the main College number on 01932 783811 and following the options. 

Attendance procedures

• W​​e ask that wherever possible medical appointments are arranged for out of College hours.
• Written notification of the appointment should be given to the tutor or reception staff along with proof such as an appointment card or letter.
• Absences of two or more days must be supported with medical evidence such as an Appointment card/letter, copy of prescription or medication label.
• If a student does not have a valid reason or there is a lack of evidence the absence will be unauthorised.
• Holidays during term time will NOT be authorised and may lead to a penalty notice. The penalty notice is £60 per parent if paid within 21 days, rising to £120 per parent if paid after 21 days, but within 28 days.  Further action may be taken, in accordance with Surrey County Council prodecures, if payment is not received after this time.

​For further information please​ click the Attendance Policy for Students under the Policy Downloads section on the right.

Keeping the school informed of student health issues

We have recently had a number of incidents where we have found out by pure chance that students have underlying health issues.

Could I please request that if your child is currently seeing a doctor or specialist for health issues or has any other medical concerns such as diabetes, epilepsy, carries an Epi Pen, etc that you keep the School fully informed of their health needs so that we can keep this on record.  This will ensure that St Paul's and its First Aid Team can offer the best support for your child in their time of need.

Many thanks for your support in this matter

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Ofsted Parent View

Ofsted has launched Parent View, a new online questionnaire that will allow you to give your views about St Paul's Catholic College at any time of the year. You can access the site by clicking on parentview.ofsted.gov.uk and register to complete a questionnaire (which only takes a few minutes). The 12 questions have been chosen to cover those issues that parents have told Ofsted are the most important to them.

The results of the survey will be used by Ofsted as they prepare for future inspections and provide us with important feedback on the progress we are making at St Paul's. We hope that you will use this facility to tell us, and OFSTED, what we are doing well and where you think further improvements are still needed.​

School Performance​

​The national school performance tables can be accessed via the following link; education.gov.uk/schools/performance​​​.

School Financial Benchmarking

To view the financial data of the school and/or academy trust, please click here. 

​Lost Property

All items of lost property are held in the School Hall.  If your child has mislaid an item of property please get them to see the Lunchtime Supervisors in the Hall at break or lunchtime.