Pastoral Wellbeing

Attendance

Every day counts!

“Every day counts and there is no ‘safe’ threshold for absences” – Hancock et al., 2013 Attendance is important to a student’s academic achievement – all school days matter. The correlation between absence and achievement is consistently negative and declines in achievement are evident with any level of absence. The impact of absence increases with the number of absences.

Students who are absent for more than 10% of school time, or 20 or more days, are missing at least a month of school over the schooling year. 

Our current data alarmingly indicates this relates to 50% of our St Mary's students.

For your child's best chance at success, please schedule any appointments or holidays outside of regular school hours.