ABSENCE
Illness
If your child is going to be absent from school due to illness, then please inform the office before 9am in the morning and let us know why your child is going to be absent, and when you expect them to return. If your child is off for more than one day, we must still be informed each day of your child's absence until they return to school.
Please call 01326 290613 or email hello@graderuan.org to let us know.
Medication
Prescription medicines will not be administered unless they have been prescribed for a child by a doctor or dentist and the school has written permission from the parent or carer. The school will only accept prescribed medicines if these are in-date, labelled, provided in original container as dispensed by a pharmacist and includes instructions for administration, dosage and storage.
Medicine in school will only be administered by trained staff who have completed Medication Awareness (Education) training.
Non-prescription medicines will not be administered. Any request will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Any decision to administer non-prescribed medication must be supported with a completed parental non-prescription medication form signed by the parent/carer and Head of School.
Under no circumstances will any child be given prescription or non-prescription medicine without their parent/carer’s written consent.
If you need to take your child out of school for any length of time to attend a medical appointment, then the school office must be notified in advance. We also ask to see the letter confirming the date and time of the medical appointment. Please ensure that, where possible, medical appointments are made outside of school time.
Holidays
Unless there are exceptional circumstances, Aspire Trust do not authorise holiday during term time.
Before considering taking a holiday in term time parents/carers must speak to the Head Of School and complete the absence request form below with as much detail as possible as to why they are unable to take a holiday during the planned school holiday period.
The Aspire Trust and the Head of School will decide whether or not circumstances are deemed to be exceptional, and all requests will receive a response stating the outcome of the request.
