Every Day Counts

Primary School Attendance 

Going to school every day is the single most important part of your child’s education. Students learn new things at school every day – missing school puts them behind.  

School is better when your child is there 

Why it’s important  

We all want our students to get a great education, and the building blocks for a great education begin with students coming to school each and every day. 

If students miss school regularly, they miss out on learning the fundamental skills that will set them up for success in the later years of school. 

There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them behind, and can affect their educational outcomes. 

Each missed day is associated with progressively lower achievement in numeracy, writing and reading. 

Getting in early 

Attendance patterns are established early – a child regularly missing days in kindergarten or in the early years of school will often continue to miss classes in the later years, and receive lower test scores than their classmates.  

It’s vital that students go to school every day – even in the early years of primary school.