Our Vision

At Pool Hayes Academy we understand the importance of working together to ensure the best possible outcomes for your child. One of the fundamental ways to ensure this, is through students having good attendance. Those students that achieve the national target of 95% attendance have minimal learning gaps. This means that they are likely to do well in examinations, achieve their full potential, have better job opportunities, develop good mental health and develop strong friendships within school. Extensive research also suggests that students meeting the national expectation for attendance have an 81.5% chance of achieving 5+ GCSEs, grade 5-9 including English and Mathematics.

Attendance v Outcomes

Attainment 8 is a way of measuring how well pupils do in key stage 4, which they usually finish when they are 16 years old. Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest).

EBACC and open brackets can be made up of two or three subjects.

Term Dates

ACADEMIC YEAR SEPTEMBER 2024 – JULY 2025 TERM DATES

Please note dates may be subject to change

AUTUMN TERM

Term Starts Monday 2nd September 2024
Training Days Monday 2nd September 2024 & Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Years 7, 11 and 12 Return Wednesday 4th September 2024
All Students Return Thursday 5th September 2024

HALF-TERM

Academy Closes Friday 25th October 2024
Academy Opens Monday 4th November 2024
All Students Return Monday 4th November 2024
Training Day Friday 29th November 2024

CHRISTMAS

Academy Closes Friday 20th December 2024
All Students Return Monday 6th January 2025

HALF-TERM

Academy Closes Friday 14th February 2025
Academy Opens Monday 24th February 2025
Training Day Friday 28th March 2025

EASTER

Academy Closes Friday 11th April 2025
Academy Opens Monday 28th April 2025

HALF-TERM

Bank Holiday Monday 5th May 2025
Academy Closes Friday 23rd May 2025
Academy Opens Monday 2nd June 2025

SUMMER

Training Day Friday 20th June 2025
Academy Closes Friday 18th July 2025
Training Day Monday 21st July 2025

Celebration of attendance for week :

This weeks 100% tutor groups are:

10H2 and 7H2 – Well done to both!

Department for Education Guidance

To view the latest attendance guidance from the Department for Education, please click on the below attachment.

Pool Hayes Guidance

Including information on: Rewards, Authorised Absence, Holidays and Medical Appointments

Please click here to view our attendance policy