❓ Question seeks data on non-regular school attendance in the South West region for 2011-2012 and details actions taken to address it. The answer provides a broad overview of the Department's strategy, referencing a tabled paper for specific data.
AnsweredQoN 6096Legislative Council
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I refer to non-regular attendance by students at schools in the South West Region, and ask —
(1) For each of the 2011 and 2012 school years and for each school in the South West Region, the Minister to provide the following information —
(a) total school enrolment;
(b) number of students with 'non-regular attendance at risk – indicated' (80 -89 per cent attendance) in actual numbers and percentage;
(c) number of students with 'non-regular attendance at risk – moderate' (60 – 79 per cent attendance) in actual numbers and percentage; and
(d) number of students with 'non-regular attendance at risk – severe' (< 60 per cent attendance) in actual numbers and percentage.
(2) What action is being taken to address non-regular attendance at school?
(1) For each of the 2011 and 2012 school years and for each school in the South West Region, the Minister to provide the following information —
(a) total school enrolment;
(b) number of students with 'non-regular attendance at risk – indicated' (80 -89 per cent attendance) in actual numbers and percentage;
(c) number of students with 'non-regular attendance at risk – moderate' (60 – 79 per cent attendance) in actual numbers and percentage; and
(d) number of students with 'non-regular attendance at risk – severe' (< 60 per cent attendance) in actual numbers and percentage.
(2) What action is being taken to address non-regular attendance at school?
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Answered
6 November 2012
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
42 days
(1)(a)-(d) Please refer to [Tabled Paper No.]
(2) The Department's approach to student non-attendance is based on the mutual obligation of schools, parents and communities.
The Department's
Better Attendance: Brighter Futures
strategy includes nine key strategies to improve student attendance:
· ensuring all children are enrolled in school
· giving direct support to schools and communities with the greatest need
· ensuring strong support and action in the early years and at transition points
· recognising initiatives that encourage student attendance and parent participation
· notifying schools early where non-attendance is a serious issue
· supporting parents to take responsibility for their child's attendance at school
· establishing partnerships with local businesses and agencies to improve attendance
· providing professional learning for school staff and community members on how to address poor attendance
· making regular attendance a priority across the Department.
Principals monitor student attendance through the Student Information System (SIS). This information is used to inform school and individual student attendance plans.
Schools are provided with the resources, flexibility and autonomy to make decisions about how best to meet the specific attendance needs of their students. Principals and regions can appoint attendance officers. Attendance officers are legally authorised to stop, detain and question truanting or absent students during school hours, and enter publicly accessible premises without charge for the purpose of checking reasons for why an absent student is not complying with their school attendance requirements.
Together these strategies form the core of the Department's approach to attendance issues.
Where circumstances warrant a more formal approach, schools may use Responsible Parenting Agreements to support parents to take responsibility for their child's school attendance.
In extreme cases, the Department may initiate the prosecution of parents for failing to ensure that their child attends school.
The School Education Act
1999
stipulates that prosecution is an action of last resort, only to be undertaken when all reasonably practicable steps to address the issue have been taken and have failed.
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(2) The Department's approach to student non-attendance is based on the mutual obligation of schools, parents and communities.
The Department's
Better Attendance: Brighter Futures
strategy includes nine key strategies to improve student attendance:
· ensuring all children are enrolled in school
· giving direct support to schools and communities with the greatest need
· ensuring strong support and action in the early years and at transition points
· recognising initiatives that encourage student attendance and parent participation
· notifying schools early where non-attendance is a serious issue
· supporting parents to take responsibility for their child's attendance at school
· establishing partnerships with local businesses and agencies to improve attendance
· providing professional learning for school staff and community members on how to address poor attendance
· making regular attendance a priority across the Department.
Principals monitor student attendance through the Student Information System (SIS). This information is used to inform school and individual student attendance plans.
Schools are provided with the resources, flexibility and autonomy to make decisions about how best to meet the specific attendance needs of their students. Principals and regions can appoint attendance officers. Attendance officers are legally authorised to stop, detain and question truanting or absent students during school hours, and enter publicly accessible premises without charge for the purpose of checking reasons for why an absent student is not complying with their school attendance requirements.
Together these strategies form the core of the Department's approach to attendance issues.
Where circumstances warrant a more formal approach, schools may use Responsible Parenting Agreements to support parents to take responsibility for their child's school attendance.
In extreme cases, the Department may initiate the prosecution of parents for failing to ensure that their child attends school.
The School Education Act
1999
stipulates that prosecution is an action of last resort, only to be undertaken when all reasonably practicable steps to address the issue have been taken and have failed.
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