Attendance
Attendance Policy reviewed by the Ethos & Wellbeing Committee - November 2025
Approved by the Board of Governors: December 2025
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News Archive 2024-2025
- September 2024
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November 2024
- Swimming into the National Finals
- Year 12 Residential a Great Success
- Making Lava Lamps
- Multiple Teams Achieve Mammoth Success at Cross Country
- Two Luffa Students land Rover Cup Rugby Winners
- Bishop Luffa falls silent for the Armistice
- A Historic Splash: Bishop Luffa Swimming Team’s unprecedented achievement
- Thea creates stunning artwork to support The Nest
- Bishop Luffa PFA Prom Sale News
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December 2024
- Year 8 get a glimpse into a Tudor World!
- Debate Club Competition
- Shakespeare School Festival 2024
- Celebrating Summer of Code Winners!
- Year 11s Inspired by St John's College, Oxford
- Bishop Luffa Careers Fair 2024
- Economists Agree That Gold is Heavy!
- Luffa students take part in Stonepillow Fashion Show
- Computer Science Students Inspired by Cutting-Edge Tech
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January 2025
- Solicitors visit Year 12 Law Students
- La Diva Choir at Pirates of Penzance
- Bishop Luffa running and jumping into more National Finals
- Bishop Luffa School celebrates International School Award win on 25th anniversary of the prestigious prize
- Textiles Students visit Vogue Exhibition
- Chichester MP, Jess Brown-Fuller visits Bishop Luffa School
- Year 11 Art Trip
- Bishop Luffa commemorates the Holocaust
- Year 12 Historians walk in Henry VIII's footsteps!
- The Last Train to Tomorrow at The Minerva Theatre
- Inter-House Writing Competition
- Students raise money for Children on the Edge
- Democracy Awards at the Houses of Parliament
- February 2025
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March 2025
- A Fun Filled Ski Trip
- Year 7 Castle Project
- Bishop Luffa School Achieves 6th Place at English Schools Cross Country Cup National Final in Leeds
- Year 10 enjoy the World of Work
- STEMFest 2025 – Inspiring the Next Generation!
- Politics students attend PolEcon Conference
- Talk the Talk with the Debate Club
- Interhouse Art Competition
- Students have fun at The Six Nations
- LAMDA at Luffa
- Charity Week – Fancy Dress Friday
- Charity Week 2025
- Weekend of National Success for Bishop Luffa Athletes
- Year 7 & 8 have fun with our Spanish Friends
- A Sense of Place
- Grassroots
- Fashion & Textiles Students Shine at London’s Stitch Festival
- Bishop Luffa Sixth Form’s Stellar Performance of Brain Play
- Bugsy Malone – An Absolute Triumph
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April 2025
- Eid Celebrations
- Oscar Sails to Success
- News from the Christian Union
- Literacy Quizzes
- Worship Leaders
- Interhouse Dance Finals 2025
- Luffa Cheerleaders
- Barcelona Sports Tour 2025
- Chicken Week
- TED Talks: Bishop Luffa Learning Partnership's 'Ideas Worth Sharing'
- Wild Readers Trip to T.S. Resolute at CYE
- History students get ‘egg-stremely’ creative!
- Students shine in National TeenTech Awards Programme
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May 2025
- Covers Timber Director Inspires Year 10 Product Design Students
- Success at the Textiles Skills Centre Competition
- Dance News
- National Recognition for Dylan in STEM On Track Kart Design Competition
- Bishop Luffa commemorates VE Day
- CU Residential 2025
- House Photography Competition ‘Spring 2025’
- Year 13 Enjoy a Lovely Last Day
- Story House Charity Blue Week
- International Training Programme
- Year 12 Product Design Students Shine at Goodwoof 2025
- Law students visit Portsmouth Magistrates Court
- Year 7 ‘Proyecto Mafalda’
- Bishop Luffa vs MCC Cricket Match
- GreenPower Success at Tockwith Airfield, York
- Sports News
- School Captains for 2025-26 Announced
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June 2025
- Art Club gets inspired at Goodwood Art Foundation
- Music Trip to Phantom of The Opera
- Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award
- Year 12 Committee Training Day
- Celebrating Excellence: KS3 Design and Technology Awards Evening
- Fruition: Arts Faculty Summer Exhibition 2025
- Spanish Exchange 2025
- Bishop Luffa Intermediate Girls Shine at ESAA Track & Field Cup A Final
- Following the River Lavant
- La Diva Tenerife Tour 2025
- National Schools Sailing Championships
- House Drama Finals 2025
- A Night to Remember: Year 13 Leavers’ Ball at Chichester Yacht Club
- TeenTech Finals 2025
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News Archive 2023-2024
- TeenTech Finals 2024
- Year 6 Induction Day 2024
- Election time at Bishop Luffa School
- Students perform at South East Hants Youth Orchestra’s Inaugural Concert
- Bishop Luffa retains Eco-Schools Green Flag Award
- Year 10 undertake Mock Interviews
- What an amazing week we all had in Tenerife!
- Year 7 visit the Winchester Science Centre
- Gold Duke of Edinburgh Qualifier Expedition
- Computer Science Trip to Bletchley Park and National Museum of Computing
- Bishop Luffa Shines at Schools Sailing Week
- Chicken Club
- Sporting News Summer Term 2024
- Year 11 Prom 2024
- Cup Winners & Head Teacher Awards
- Alice! The Musical
- Woodwind Success at Chichester Music Festival
- Year 10 Work Experience Week
- PFA Prom Dress Sale
- Year 12 London Art Trip
- Year 12 visit Marwell Zoo
- Green Power F24 Team
- Students enjoy visit from popular author Stewart Foster
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Photo Gallery
- Careers Fair 2025
- Year 7 Ridgeway & Sherborne IOW Residential Oct 2025
- Year 7 King & Otter IOW Residential 2025
- Year 7 1st Day September 2025
- GCSE Results Day 2025
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- Year 8 Geography Trip to West Wittering
- Summer Photography House Competition 2025
- Sports Day 2025
- Year 6 Induction Day 2025
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- Year 7 History Homework - Castles
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- Year 9 Battlefields Trip 2024
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- Fruition 2024
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- Bronze Duke of Edinburgh 2024
- Year 7 History Eggs Project 2024
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- Alice! The Musical
- Year 10 Work Experience Feb 2024
- Green Power F24 February 2024
- D&T Design Museum Trip
- Burns Night 2024
- Maths Sparx Bowling Trip January 2024
- Spanish Exchange 2023
- Art Interhouse Competition 2023
- Year 11 Art Trip to London
- Year 7 History Castles Homework 2024
- Careers Fair 2023
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- Sixth Form Fashion Show 2023
- Year 12 PGL Residential
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- Rome Tour 2023
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School Policies & Procedures
- Accessibility Plan
- Attendance
- Behaviour
- Bishop Luffa Centre Policy for Awarding Grades
- British Values Statement
- Charges and Remissions for School Activities
- Complaints
- Confidential Reporting (Whistleblowing) Policy
- Covid-19 Outbreak Management Plan & Risk Assessmen
- Covid Catch Up Premium Report
- Curriculum
- Drugs Policy
- Equality
- Freedom of Information Policy
- Data Protection & GDPR
- Health and Safety at Work
- Homework
- Live Register Biometric Fingertip Recognition
- Medicines at School
- Marking and Feedback Policy
- Privacy and Cookies
- Pupil Premium
- Relationships & Sex Education Policy
- Safeguarding & Child Protection
- SEND Policy
- Statement of Procedures for Dealing with Allegations of Abuse Against Staff
- Student Acceptable Use Policy
- Teaching and Learning Policy
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News Archive 2024-2025
- August 2024
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- January 2025
- February 2025
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March 2025
- A Fun Filled Ski Trip
- Politics students attend PolEcon Conference
- Interhouse Art Competition
- Charity Week – Fancy Dress Friday
- Charity Week 2025
- Grassroots
- Fashion & Textiles Students Shine at London’s Stitch Festival
- Bishop Luffa Sixth Form’s Stellar Performance of Brain Play
- Bugsy Malone – An Absolute Triumph
- Newsletters
- Online Safety
- Student Wellbeing
- Exam Information
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- Tanzania 2026 Charity Trip
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Student Leadership
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- Student Inclusion: Study Skills for All
- Bridging Work 2025 - From GCSE to A Level
- LGBTQ+ History Month
- Black History Month
- Locker Room
- Duke of Edinburgh Award
- Extra-curricular and Enrichment Opportunities
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Photo Gallery
- A Level Results Day 2025
- Year 13 Leavers' Ball 2025
- Year 13 Last Day 2025
- Bugsy Malone 2025
- Charity Week 2025
- Sixth Form Fashion Show 2024
- Year 12 Residential 2024
- The Shape of Things - Year 12 Art
- A'Level Results 2024
- Year 13 Leavers Ball 2024
- Charity Week 2024
- Art Interhouse Competition 2023
- Careers Fair 2023
- Year 12 D&T Trip to GTR
- Sixth Form Fashion Show 2023
- Year 12 PGL Residential
- A Level Results 2023
- Media Trip to Harry Potter Studios
- Bletchley Park 2023
- House Drama Finals 2023
- Fruition 2023
- Andorra Ski Trip 2023
- Spanish Exchange 2023
- Rome Tour 2023
- Billy Elliot 2023
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