Students enter and exit Kendrick School through the school gates in East Street. Students are reminded to take care crossing the busy roads that surround the school and always follow the pedestrian instructions at traffic lights. Students should be aware of their surroundings at all times, particularly when wearing earphones. 

Students cannot leave the school site during the school day unless they have a pre-arranged appointment. A responsible adult must always collect the child from school. Students will need to sign out at Reception.  

By bus: Please see the information from Reading Buses here. 

By cycle: Students that wish to cycle to school should collect a Cycle Permit form from Reception. Students must wear a cycle helmet and there are a number of conditions that the student must agree to when signing the form. 

By car: Please do not park or stop anywhere on East Street when dropping off or picking up your child. You must not park in any part of the private residential car park opposite the school (including the driveway). Please consider our neighbours at all times and other people travelling in the area. You should find somewhere safe and legal to park your car and your child can then walk to school from there.  The area around Kendrick School and the surrounding streets are monitored by traffic enforcement officers at the beginning and end of every school day. 

Please read the information via the link below from Brighter Futures for Children regarding absence during term time. Please refer to our term dates on our website when making your holiday plans to ensure that all holidays are booked during the school holidays and not during term time.

If you have exceptional reasons for removing your child from school during term time, please email admin@kendrick.reading.sch.uk and provide a full explanation of the reason for the absence. This will be passed to the Headteacher for consideration. Please do not write to Form Tutors, Year Heads or any other members of staff with your request. 

Unless there are exceptional extenuating circumstances, time taken off in term time will be recorded on your child’s attendance record as unauthorised and the Education Welfare Officer (EWO) will be informed.  You may be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice as outlined in the attached information. 

I meet regularly with the Educational Welfare Officer (EWO) to discuss attendance and every student with less than 95% attendance (whether through holidays or sickness) is discussed at length, and if deemed suitable, the EWO will send a letter to you. Please ensure that your child’s attendance is not compromised in this way.

Please read the following important information:

Achievement and Attendance (information from Brighter Futures for Children):

• Research has shown that achievement is directly linked to attendance.
• Students with high attendance invariably perform better in class and in exams.
• Across the school year of 38 weeks, 90% attendance means that a student missed four weeks of school (100 hours of teaching and learning).
• If a student continued to attend at 90% over three years they would miss the equivalent of 12 weeks of school (two terms).
• It is proven that attendance is directly linked with academic achievement. A student with 90% attendance is likely to achieve a whole GCSE grade lower than they are capable of because they have missed 10% of their lessons.

I look forward to your cooperation and support in this matter.

Yours sincerely

Mr N Simmonds                                   
Headteacher                                                    

BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR CHILDREN - HOLIDAYS IN TERM TIME

The Kendrick Parents’ Society run a Pre-Loved Uniform Shop Preloved / Second Hand Uniform Shop which is open the first Saturday of each term between 9am and 11am.  The shop is located in the Conservatory, next to the Library. 

More information will be provided in due course. The pre-loved uniform stall will be available at the Parents' Information Evening.