Our Attendance Plan
Strategic Priorities
Regular school attendance is important for students to achieve their educational potential. The government target is that 80% of students will be regularly attending school by 2030.
BBI currently enjoys 93.4% regular attendance. Our target is for all students to attend at least 90% of a term, or at least 9 days in a fortnight.
Board responsibilities
The board is responsible for taking all reasonable steps to ensure that the school’s students attend the school when it is open for instruction.
The board will comply with the provisions in the legislation in relation to student attendance by:
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having a commitment to support students return to regular attendance
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having processes and procedures in place to support a Stepped Attendance Response to student absences that uses data-based thresholds to identify students
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recording all absences, and responding accordingly
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having an effective method in place for identifying and monitoring students absence, including identifying patterns and barriers to student attendance
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publishing this attendance management plan on the school’s website
Principal responsibilities
The principal is responsible for:
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developing and implementing a stepped attendance response aligned with the thresholds to support student attendance
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ensure student absence is investigated, responded to, and actions taken are recorded
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ensure all students, whānau, and staff understand the processes and procedures that support student attendance
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report to the board on any trends, barriers to attendance, and interventions being used to support student attendance
Procedures/supporting documentation
Attendance Management Procedure - Stepped Attendance Response
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Parents are asked to report child’s absence via the Parent Portal or phone call to office
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Office personnel will enter this information into the SMS
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For longer absences from school (e.g. one week or more) parents must notify the school
in writing. For absences organised in advance, prior notification must also be made in
writing
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Unexplained absences are followed up with a telephone call to parents
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Classroom teachers will indicate on the electronic roll any student who is absent where
the teacher does not know a reason by 9am
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Students arriving at school late sign in on the Vistab and hand printout to teacher
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Should students not bring a satisfactory explanation for their absence from home the
D.P. should be informed for follow up contact
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Students must sign out or sign in at the office Vistab when leaving or arriving during
school hours
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Parents must come in to the school office to collect student
