Attendance

At King Ed’s we encourage students to attend all lessons unless they are unwell. We do not have a category for “authorised absence”, as students are either present or absent. We do not authorise absence for holidays. It is very important for us to know why students are absent and record the reason.

Your parent portal gives an overview of your child’s attendance. Please do check these and where necessary, challenge your child over missed time at college. If you need further help or advice with this matter, please do not hesitate to get in touch with your child’s Personal Tutor who will look to support you.

Absence reporting

To report an absence, students or parents can either email attendance@kedst.ac.uk or telephone 01384 398179, this should be done as soon as possible.

We ask that all medical appointments are evidenced with a screenshot of the appointment and all university open days evidenced by a screenshot of the invite.

If a student is going to be late to class they need to email the teacher affected and not attendance, the student then needs to make sure they get their late mark from the teacher when they arrive in the lesson.

For more information about attendance please see our ‘Student Attendance and Punctuality’ policy.