Any day on which the student has not attended any classes, and has not informed the school by phone or email as to their non-attendance is counted as an unauthorised absence.

The school has strict procedures in place to monitor and act upon unauthorised absences. They are as follows:

Consecutive Unauthorised Days of Absence

If an adult (18+) student misses consecutive days the following action will be taken:

Day 1: No action

Day 2 & 3: Telephone call from Admissions team

Day 4: First written warning emailed to student

Day 5: Agent/ Emergency contact is informed of unauthorised absence

Day 6: Second written warning emailed to student

Day 10: Review of student’s seriousness towards the school, if the student has a visa we will contact the UK Border Agency

Day 20: Expulsion from the school

Non Consecutive Unauthorised Absence

If a student’s attendance falls below 4 contacts per week, over a number of weeks the following action will be taken:

Week 2: Verbal warning from admissions team

Week 3: First written warning given to student and agent/contact informed. Then the student will be required to attend a meeting with the Director of Studies

Week 5: Final written warning given to student. Then the student will be required to attend a meeting with the Principal or Deputy Principal and the agent/contact will be informed

Week 6: Expulsion from school and the UK Border Agency will be informed for visa students.

Students Who Fail to Arrive For a Course They Have Booked

Any student with a Tier 4 visa who does not arrive on their start date will be reported using the UK Border Agency Sponsorship Management system immediately.

For any other student from the EEA or with any visa other than Tier 4, we will immediately contact the agent (if applicable) or the student directly. If there has been no response within 3 days we will presume they are not arriving. If we are aware that a student has obtained a Student Visitor Visa or Child Visitor Visa from our school and may thus have travelled to the United Kingdom, we will send a letter to the Evidence and Enquiry section of the UK Border Agency.

If there is no valid reason for a student’s non arrival a refund will not be available.