Attendance and Punctuality

If a student is unable to attend the academy, it is the responsibility of the parent(s) and carer(s) to telephone 023 8039 3660 (please select option 1) before 8.30am giving a reason for the absence.

Email attendance:  attendance@oasislordshill.org

Senior Attendance Champion is Adrian Sherriff, Vice Principal

At Oasis Academy Lord's Hill, we strive for outstanding attendance. 

Attendance is closely linked with attainment, thus students with outstanding attendance will also perform outstandingly in school. Attendance is at the heart of our academy.

How we support outstanding attendance:

We work closely with parents and students to celebrate outstanding attendance. We offer a brilliant range of rewards for students with excellent attendance and to improved attendance. Our rewards include theme park trips, movies in our Academy Theatre, Inflatable events and more!

Our academy monitors attendance by the Diamond, so students are aware of the colour banding.

We strive to work closely with parents to support outstanding attendance, this is in the form of regular communication from tutors, Heads of Year and the Attendance Team. We monitor the health and wellbeing of students on a regular basis.

How parents can support outstanding attendance:

Your child’s tutor is the first point of communication for all areas of attendance. We encourage parents to communicate with tutors and to keep all lines of communication open.

Our dedicated Attendance Team will contact parents in the cases of all absences. This is usually through messages, phone calls and in some cases, a home visit.

Medical appointments should be taken outside of school hours or failing this communicate with the Attendance Team to find a suitable time. We are aware that hospital appointments can rarely be booked outside of school time.

We will request medical evidence for medical appointments, this can be an appointment card or a photocopy of the medication prescribed.

Leave of absences:

We are bound by Department for Education and Southampton City Council guidelines that Leave of Absences will not be authorised, unless this constitutes exceptional circumstances.

All applications for Leave of Absence should be made in writing to the Principal.

Should a Leave of Absence be taken and it not be authorised, parents are at risk of being issued with a fixed penalty notice.