2023/2024 data
Chilton School Attendance for Spring Term 2: 95.18%

Oxfordshire Attendance: 94.5%

National School Attendance: 92.5%

Last year (2022-2023)

Chilton School Attendance for year: 95.87%

Oxfordshire Attendance: 94%

National School Attendance: 92.5%

This is a successful school and your child plays their part in making it so. We aim for an environment which enables and encourages all members of the community to reach out for excellence. For our children to gain the greatest benefit from their education it is vital that they attend regularly and your child should be at school, on time, every day the school is open unless the reason for the absence is unavoidable.

It is very important therefore that you make sure that your child attends regularly, our attendance policy sets out further information about how this will be achieved.

Why regular attendance is so important: any absence affects the pattern of a child’s schooling and regular absence will seriously affect their learning. Any pupil’s absence disrupts teaching routines so may affect the learning of others in the same class. Children are best safeguarded from exploitation and other risks in the wider community by attending school regularly where they are supervised by qualified and caring professionals.

Ensuring your child’s regular attendance at school is your legal responsibility and permitting absence from school without a good reason creates an offence in law and may result in prosecution. 

What is good attendance?

The minimum level of attendance for this school is 95% attendance and we will keep you updated regularly about progress to this level and how your child’s attendance compares. If your child’s attendance falls below 93% we will inform in writing and arrange a meeting with you. We may also contact the Oxfordshire County Council attendance team for further advice.

Our target is to achieve better than this however because we know that good attendance is the key to successful schooling and we believe our pupils can be amongst the best in Oxfordshire.