Every Pupil, Every Day
Every Pupil, Every DayExcellent attendance and good punctuality are a priority for us all at Airedale Junior Academy and Castleford Academy Trust. To achieve this, it is important that everyone at Airedale Junior Academy ensures that school is somewhere pupils want to be. We do this by providing a calm, orderly, encouraging, inclusive, safe and supportive environment for pupils to learn. We ask parents and carers to acknowledge and recognise their legal responsibility to ensure their child / children receives an efficient, full-time education by championing good school attendance. Working together we can address concerns and overcome barriers to achieve good school attendance for all pupils.
All members of our school community are encouraged to aim for Every Pupil, Every Day. Good attainment is directly linked to good attendance. Education at school is not simply a matter of academic learning, it provides and supports a range of other life skills and opportunities. Engagement in school life promotes socialisation with peers, school staff and the wider school community. Airedale Junior Academy strives to promote pupil wellbeing, a feeling of being included and good preparation for adult life moving forward. The wearing of our school uniform, respect of our rules and the routine of the day are skills that will help our pupils to secure jobs in the future.
In addition to good attendance, we expect our children to be punctual. School doors open promptly at 8.40am and children are expected to be settled in class ready for registration at 8.45am and to begin their first lesson shortly afterwards. Children arriving late means learning is lost, teaching is interrupted, classes are disturbed and discomfort for the late arriver. A few minutes late each day soon add up, please refer to our Learning Lost Due to Punctuality document which is available to download below.
Please can we kindly request that all absences are reported to our Attendance Team before 9.30am. They will endeavor to answer as many phone calls as possible but if your call is not answered, please leave a voicemail and they will return your call if they need any further information. Planned absences, for any reason, of 2 days or more must be requested/advised using our Leave of Absence form which is available to download below in word format. Completed forms can be emailed to ais-ajs-attendance@aja.castlefordtrust.co.uk. Paper copies are available to collect from the main academy office.
Airedale Junior Academy and Castleford Academy Trust shares the government’s determination to increase pupil attendance and does not support parents/carers taking their children out of the academy for holidays during term time.
For further information about attendance please refer to the Castleford Academy Trust Attendance Policy available to download below.
Our Attendance Target for this academic year (2025-2026) is 97%
Our attendance for week ending 26th September 2025 was 93.57%
