Deputy Principal - Attendance

Written on the 7 June 2019

Attendance

Examples of acceptable reasons for student absences include:

• Sickness, including danger of being affected by an infectious or contagious disease.
• Unavoidable and sufficient cause, eg:

• bereavement within the family or of a close friend;
• family trauma;
• cultural reasons; or
• appointments that cannot be arranged out of school hours
   
• Participating in school-related events/activities, eg VET, excursion, camp, work experience, etc.

Examples of unacceptable reasons for student absences include:

• Truancy
• Helping at home or at parent/caregiver's place of work
• Part-time or casual work (including travel to and from such work)
• Appointments which could be made out of school hours (including driving lessons/tests, haircuts, etc).
• Excessive time for appointments which are avoidable
• Catching up on assignments or studying during non-SWOT Vac periods