Absence

If your child is unwell, please contact the School Office on 01954 719282 before 9.15am on the first morning of their absence.

On your child’s return to School, you must send a brief explanatory note to the School, to be retained on your child’s records. This can be emailed to the School Office: office@bourn.cambs.sch.uk. A telephone call is not sufficient.

We would also like to know in advance if your child is to be withdrawn for a dental or hospital appointment etc.

In cases of sickness and diarrhoea, please ensure your child has been clear of any symptoms for at least 24 hours before they return to School. Under no circumstances should your child come to School with a high temperature. It is only in exceptional circumstances that children can be excluded from playing outside. If your child is insufficiently well to play outside, they are not fit enough to be in School.

Parents/carers must not book family holidays during term time apart from under exceptional circumstances, for example:

• a parent, grandparent or other close relative is seriously ill and the proposed holiday is likely to be the last such holiday;
• there may have been a significant trauma in the family recently and the Head Teacher might consider that an immediate holiday might enable the child concerned to better deal with the situation;
• the holiday might be a unique, one-off never-to-be-repeated occasion, which can only take place at the time requested.

Parents/carers in all cases do not have any entitlement to take their child out of School and must apply to the School’s Governing Body for permission in advance of any such holiday, by way of a form which can be collected from the School Office.