Attendance 

CECG schools have legal obligations to record and encourage students’ attendance at school. This policy ensures a consistent approach to meeting these obligations across all CECG schools. 

Under ACT and NSW law, students must attend the school they are enrolled in for the times required by that school, unless the student’s absence is approved.

Parents/carers must ensure that enrolled students attend every day of school, and every activity or event ,during the required times. This is known as the ‘full-time participation’ requirement.

CECG identifies the following levels of attendance:

CECG acknowledges it may not always be possible to improve attendance, for example where students are unable to attend school for health reasons, but CECG schools will take all reasonable steps to support students experiencing difficulties attending school regularly.

Principals or delegates will respond to all emerging absenteeism (<90% attendance) with support to improve attendance.

Where appropriate, schools will develop a Student Attendance Plan in consultation with families.  For chronic absenteeism (<80% attendance) additional support will be implemented to improve attendance in consultation with parents/carers and the School and Family Services Senior Officer Attendance, to support the wellbeing, mental health and learning needs of students.

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