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If your child takes too much time off school they will become categorised as PA or persistently absent. (Attendance below 90% = persistent absence).
Missing school will make your child fall behind in lessons and will impact on their academic progress and achievement.
Don’t allow your child to become a PA student.
This table shows how many days missed each half–term will make your child a PA student:
| How many days off will make your child a persistent absence student? | |
| Half-term 1 | 3 ½ days off school from September until October half-term holiday will make your child a PA student. |
| Half-term 1-2 | 7 days off school from September until the Christmas holiday will make your child a PA student. |
| Half term 1-3 | 10 days of absence from September until February half-term will make your child a PA student. |
| Half term 1-4 | Half-term 1-3 12 ½ days of absence from September until the Easter holidays will make your child a PA student. |
| Half-term 1-5 | 15 ½ days of absence from September until May half-term will make your child a PA student. |
| Half-term 1-6 | 19 days of absence for the full academic year (September to end of summer term in July) will make your child a PA student. |
Promoting excellent attendance to ensure that your child makes every minute of every lesson of everyday count.