Role of the attendance service#

About 80,000 students are chronically absent each school term. This means they miss more than 30% of school time. About 20,000 students also become non-enrolled from school each year.

As a provider, your role is to:

• work with chronically absent and non-enrolled students within your catchment and reduce barriers to attendance
• provide support and targeted assistance to support schools and students
• oversee administration of the Unmet Basic Needs Fund
• build and maintain strong relationships with schools, students and their families, the community and other agencies
• foster trust with students and families from diverse ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds to improve attendance.

Find details of the schools within each catchment and names of attendance service providers.

Attendance services

Operational guidance#

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