STUDENT ABSENCES

Students are expected to attend school during normal school hours every day of each term, unless:

• there is an approved exemption for the student, or
• the student is registered for home schooling and has only a partial enrolment in a school for particular activities.

A principal or regional director (depending on the circumstances) may authorise an exemption and provide written approval for student attendance or attendance and enrolment to be exempt or reduced to less than full time.

For absences where there is no exemption in place, the parent/guardian must provide an explanation on each occasion to the school.  The school will determine if the explanation provided is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of the parent meeting their responsibilities under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006.

Where there has been no prior notification that a student will be absent, students will be marked as Unexplained and all legal guardians contacted to provide a reason.

Ararat Primary School's Attendance Policy can be found here.