What are the timings of the school day?

When are the school holidays?

The school term dates are published on our website. You can find them here.

What should I do if my child is ill?

If your child is unable to attend school, please inform the college EACH DAY of their absence, before 8:30am. You can report absences in the following methods:

1. Email: absences@ucc.rutland.sch.uk
2. Message us via the MCAS App
3. Phone: 01572 823631 (Option 1)

Please provide the following details – first and last name of student, registration group and reason for absence – please give suitable details – ‘ill’ or ‘unwell’ cannot be authorised.

Example message: Fred Blogs, 10ZF, will not be in school today, he has a sore throat and high temperature.

Medical advice is clear, however, that children with a mild illness will often be well enough to attend – eg. if they have a cough or cold, without a temperature. The NHS guidance Is my child too ill for College? - NHS (www.nhs.uk) is designed to support parents/carers in their decision making about mild illness.  

My child has a medical appointment – what should I do?

Please can we be informed of planned medical or dental appointments at least 1 day prior to the appointment. This notification, along with medical evidence, can be emailed to absences@ucc.rutland.sch.uk

We accept the following as medical evidence that details the time and date of the appointment:

• Appointment letter/slip
• Text message or online booking confirmation.

I have received a letter, or been invited into school, about attendance. Should I be worried?

If we have written to you or invited you into school for a meeting, it is because we want to work in partnership with you to improve your child's attendance.  Poor attendance affects your child socially as well as academically and we will discuss what we can do to help you and your child to ensure they are coming into school regularly.  We ask that parents/carers do their best to work with us so that any issues can be resolved as quickly as possible and do not escalate.

My child does not want to come to school. What should I do?

Parents/carers have a duty to ensure that their child of statutory school age is receiving an appropriate education. If your child does not want to come to school then we need to discuss this so that we can look into the reason(s) for this and work out what we can do to help.  

If your child is having difficulties attending school, please contact your child’s Progress Leader as soon as possible, as most issues can be dealt with very quickly.

Year 7 - Mrs Brown – brown_s@ucc.rutland.sch.uk

Year 8 – Mr Sievewright – sievewright_d@ucc.rutland.sch.uk

Year 9 – Mr Harding – harding_k@ucc.rutland.sch.uk

Year 10 – Mrs Cummings – cummings_l@ucc.rutland.sch.uk

Year 11 – Ms Achard – achard_a@ucc.rutland.sch.uk