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Notifying the school of your child’s absence

Schools need to know when and why a student is absent, so you must let the school know on the day of the absence or prior to explain why your child can’t come to school. 

Why going to school is important

Going to school every day is an important part of your child’s education. Children and young people learn new things at school every day, connect with friends, have fun and develop good habits that help them to succeed. Attending and participating in school will help your child:

• develop important skills and knowledge to help them learn
• develop social and emotional skills such as good communication, resilience and team-work
• establish friendships with peers which help develop self-esteem and a sense of belonging.

There is no good number of days for missing school. Being away from school for 1 day a fortnight adds up to missing 4 whole weeks of school a year. Where possible, you should avoid your child missing school, for example, make appointments for your child outside of school hours and keep family holidays to outside term time.

If you have the Compass App, you can directly record the student's absence. If you don't have the app, please visit the office to get your username and password.