This PAL guidance is under review and will be updated for Term 1, 2023.
Refer to the Schools’ guide to attendance for guidance on supporting a whole school approach to attendance for the remainder of 2022 and 2023.
School attendance guidelines
These guidelines contain the following chapters:
- Introduction
- The importance of full time attendance
- School support for full attendance
- Understanding factors that impact on student attendance
- Requirements for attendance
- Requirements for schools managing absence
- Attendance improvement strategies
- Procedure for a school attendance officer — school attendance notices
- School attendance notice
- Infringement notices
- Bringing proceeding in court
Table of contents for the School Attendance Guidelines
Reviewed 30 September 2022