Attendance

It's not okay to be away!

The time is right to focus on improved attendance rates at Cobram Secondary College.

Last year on average each student was absent for 31 days. This means that on average each student will miss 1 year of school during their time at our school. 

Local and international research demonstrates a strong correlation between students’ learning, longer-term life outcomes and attendance at school and appropriate participation in education programs.

It is important that children develop habits of regular attendance from an early age, as the older a child gets the more difficult it can be to establish new habits.

Poor patterns of attendance place students at risk of not achieving their educational, social and future potential as adults. Once learners have begun to absent themselves from pre-school or school, and the initial cause of this remains undetected or unresolved, it is likely that the pattern of absence will continue and escalate through their subsequent schooling and adulthood.

Please remember that if you are experiencing difficulty in having your child attend school, discuss the matter with your child’s teacher.