How can I pay for my child's clubs and/or dinners?
At Hunstanton Primary School we use a payment system called SchoolMoney; an easy, safe, and secure way to pay for your child's trips, dinners, and other expenses online via your debit or credit card. The following user guide has been created to take you smoothly through these processes so that you and the school can gain the most out of the system.
Am I able to take my child out of school during term time?
We expect every pupil’s attendance at school to be 100% unless there are exceptional or unavoidable reasons for absence. Parents do not have any legal entitlement to take their child on holiday during term time. It is the Headteacher who decides whether a period of leave during term time will be authorised or not in line with legislation. The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 (amended in September 2013) make it clear that Headteachers cannot grant any leave of absence during term time unless ‘exceptional circumstances’ exist.
Every request for leave of absence during term time will reviewed on an individual basis with due consideration of the circumstances but the Headteacher can only grant leave of absence if they consider exceptional circumstances apply. If the exceptional circumstances are agreed, the Headteacher will determine the length of the absence to be authorised.
All requests for leave of absence should be made in advance and before any arrangements are confirmed or money committed. This form must be completed in full by the parent who intends to remove the pupil from school during term time. Failure to make a request for a leave of absence in advance will result in the absence taken being recorded as unauthorised.
