A WA parliamentary question seeks data on school attendance, truancy rates in government primary and high schools, school attendance panels convened, and their effectiveness in returning children to school.

AnsweredQoN 3150Legislative Assembly
Asked
11 March 2008
Portfolio
Education and Training

QuestionView source ↗

(a) Government primary schools in Western Australia; and
(b) Government high schools in Western Australia?
(2) How many of those were truants?
(3) How many school attendance panels have been convened in Western Australia in the last year?
(4) How many of those panels resulted in a child returning to school and attendance becoming satisfactory?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
1 May 2008
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
51 days
1 a) and b) Non-attendance figures indicate the percentage of students absent on any given day. They include both authorised (explained by parents) absences and unauthorised absences (unexplained by parent, possible truancy).
2005
2006
2007
Primary
7%
7%
8%
Secondary
11%
12%
13%
2) The Department does not keep centralised data on truancy.
3) 16
4) 9
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com

Explore WA Government Data

Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.

Explore more