1.2 Attendance requirements

What are the attendance requirements?

For the satisfactory completion of a course, a student’s attendance at school is compulsory.

There are five main areas that need to be clarified with regard to absenteeism.

1

All absences must be supported by the parent or caregiver providing letter, email, phone call or notification via the Compass parent portal

2

Where absence coincides with either:
(i) the due date of an assessment task, or
(ii) the date an assessment task is to be held,

a medical certificate is required to substantiate the absence.

3

Where a student’s pattern of attendance interferes with his engagement with a substantial number of course outcomes, that student will be at risk of being awarded a non-completion for that course. (Refer to Section 1.3 for information on non-completion of a course). A warning letter will be issued outlining the new requirements and a due date for outstanding work / tasks to be completed to ensure outcomes are satisfactorily met.

4

Approved Leave: This may be granted by the Principal.

An Exemption from Attendance Form must be completed prior to the absence. However, this does NOT exempt a student from completing assessment tasks.

An AIM form must be submitted if an assessment task is scheduled or due during the approved leave. This must take place before the leave is taken.

5

The College does not encourage leave to be taken during a student’s Preliminary year.