Levenshulme High School

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I am extremely

                 proud to be
                   Headteacher of
                            Levenshulme High School at
              such an exciting time for the school.
       With the opening of the new Crossley
     Building we have outstanding facilities for   Design Technology, Science, ICT and Modern Foreign Languages. The 83 year old Errwood Building is currently being refurbished and early next year we will move back into a school building technologically equipped to deliver 21st century education to our current and future students. We have extensive grounds which will be landscaped  during Phase 3 of the BSF project, ensuring that we will have wild life
areas, quiet and loud play areas as well
   as an all-weather multi-purpose games
area, sports fields and the
Energy Box.

Amanda Thain

Headteacher.

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Message from Mrs A.E.Thain Headteacher

Dear Parents/Carers

There has been a lot of discussion in the media this week about school absence. As a parent I was interested to find out that of those children who have 80% - 90% absence, only 35% will achieve the 5A* - C inc English and Maths while 75% of those whose attendance is 95%will achieve this essential standard.
The rules of term – time holidays will be toughened up as this is a major cause of absenteeism. Students have 14 weeks holiday a year in which to travel abroad or go on holiday. We are very fortunate to have an excellent FREE education system in this country but there is a contract between school and parents .
We as a school provide that free education, you as parents have a duty to ensure your daughter attends school every day.
If a child has normal absence for sickness and goes on holiday for 2 weeks every year of secondary school year, they will miss one year’s schooling. The recent review of attendance recommends that parents will be fined £60 if their children are absent too much. This would double to £120 if the fine is not paid in 42 days - this £120 would be taken directly from child benefit payments.
The rules are tightening up. A parent from Manchester has just been jailed for 16 weeks because of the child’s low school attendance.
Please make sure that you are not the one of the parents caught up in this tighter system.
Lateness is also an issue, Students MUST be in school by 8.30am – ideally at 8.20am. If you need any support or information about attendance and lateness, please contact the Attendance Officer Mrs Bev Bolland or the Pastoral Manager for your daughter's house.
Best Wishes

Mrs A.E.Thain
Headteacher

Updated - 17th April 2012

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Updated - 2nd March 2012