Any unplanned absence (such as illness or an appointment) should be reported at the earliest opportunity, wherever possible this should be done using the Class Charts Parent App.  Please see the page Advice on illness for further guidance on absence due to illness. 

If it is not possible to use the app, please use the details below.

Years 7-11

Mrs Dawn Prendergast

24 hour absence reporting line: 01904 752165

Email: absence@huntington-ed.org.uk

 

Sixth Form

Mrs Amanda Blunt

24 hour absence reporting line: 01904 752156

Email: a.blunt@huntington-ed.org.uk

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Attendance Support

Miss Beth Hammell is our Attendance Support Worker. She works closely in liaison with our year group pastoral teams to work alongside those families whose children may be struggling to come to school, for many different reasons.  bl.hammell@huntington-ed.org.uk.  

  

Ms Katy Townsend is our Assistant Headteacher with oversight of attendance and punctuality. She works with the attendance and pastoral teams to improve attendance and punctuality across the school, as well as co-ordinating with secondary schools across the city to bring our attendance policies into line with each other. k.townsend@huntington-ed.org.uk. 

 

For school attendance leaflet click here

For an explanatory letter of requesting leave of absence please click here

For a leave of absence request form please click here

For more information from the DFE about parental responsibility regarding attendance, click here