Our policies and reports

Our policies and reports help families understand how our school works. Our annual report and school plan show what we’ve done and how we’re improving each year.  Our policies address attendance, absences, behaviour, uniform and how we respond to your concerns.

Annual school report

Each year, we share our progress in the annual school report. It gives families a clear picture of how our school is performing and how we’re supporting every student’s success. The report reflects our commitment to openness, accountability and continuous improvement.

The report includes:

what we’re doing well and where we’re improving
student achievement and academic progress
our school vision and goals
key highlights and milestones
challenges we’ve faced and how we’re addressing them.

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8261

School excellence plan

Our school excellence plan (SEP) is a working document that shows our priorities in learning, teaching and leading. It explains our focus areas for improvement and how we plan to get there. We write our SEP with help from our school community so it reflects our shared priorities.

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plan

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8261

School behaviour support and management plan

Our school has a school behaviour support and management plan (SBSMP). The SBSMP helps us create a safe, respectful and supportive learning environment for all students. It sets clear expectations for student behaviour. This includes how we respond to bullying and cyberbullying. We work together with our school community to shape the plan and review it each year.

School behaviour support and management plan (PDF 323KB)

Mobile Phone Policy and School Management Plan

Cronulla High School supports the restrictions of mobile phones in accordance with the NSW Department of Education: Students’ Use of Mobile Phones in Schools policy.

Attendance and absences

Students must attend school regularly so they can achieve their educational best and increase their career and life options.

In NSW, all children from the age of 6 are legally required to attend school or be registered for home schooling through the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). All students must complete Year 10, or its equivalent.

Young people below the age of 17 who have completed Year 10 must be:

in school, or registered for home schooling
in approved education or training, such as a traineeship, apprenticeship or TAFE
in full-time paid employment (average 25 hours a week)
in a combination of work, education and/or training (average of 25 hours a week combined).

Students 17 years and over who are enrolled in school must attend school regularly to meet HSC course requirements.

As a parent or carer, you are responsible for ensuring your child attends school every day when they are of compulsory school age. You must explain all absences to the school within 7 days.

For more information about compulsory school attendance, visit:

Attendance procedures

Roll Call

Roll Call begins at 8.45am at the start of the daily assembly. All students are to arrive at school prior to this time.

Late Arrival

When a student arrives at school after 8.45am, he/she must sign in at the Front Office to obtain a late pass. The student should have a parent/caregiver note giving an acceptable reason for the late arrival. If a student is late three times without an authorised or acceptable reason, he/she will be issued with an after school detention. If there is a problem with buses or trains, this will be taken into account. Teachers will not accept students to class without a late pass. If students fail to report to the Front Office when late, they will be marked absent for the day and parents will be informed via SMS. Persistent lateness to school will be regarded as a discipline matter and at the very least will result in parent contact and after school detention.

Absence

If a student is absent from school, the parent/caregiver should provide an appropriate explanation at the earliest opportunity. This can be in the form of a medical certificate, letter, text message, through the School App or email to cronulla-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au In each case the information provided should include the date, student’s name, Roll Call class, the days and dates the student was absent, the reasons for the absence and, for letters, a parent signature. If the student is going to be absent from school for more than three days, parents need to notify the school. Ongoing and frequent absences may result in students being referred to the region’s Home School Liaison program.

Early Leave

In cases of necessity, students may be granted permission to leave school before the end of the school day. A letter or email from parents is required and should show the date it is written, student’s name, Roll Call class, the time and date when the student wishes to leave, a complete reason for the request and a signature of a parent or guardian. This should be approved by a Deputy Principal before 8.45am of that day except for Thursdays in which case approval from the Sport Organiser is required. If permission is granted, the student will collect a leave pass from the front office and may leave the school grounds at the allocated time. Limits to Thursday leave apply.

Extended Leave - Travel

From the beginning of 2016, family holidays and travel are no longer considered as sufficient reason for schools to grant an exemption from attendance. Prior to 2016 students were granted leave when families sought to take children out of school for travel purposes outside of allocated vacation periods. Travel is considered to be any domestic or international travel for the purpose of a family holiday, family business, bereavement or other reasons. It includes single and multiple days. Principals are now expected to record travel outside of vacation period as an absence for statistical purposes.

Parents wishing to be granted leave for travel and thereby receive an exemption for this period are required to make application on a prescribed DoE form available on the school website at least seven (7) days prior to departure. Principals are expected to consult with parents about the intention of the travel and in the case of family holidays encourage parents to take holidays with their child during school vacation periods. Principals are required to request travel documentation, such as travel itinerary or e-ticket, and ensure this is attached to the application.

A Principal is not to accept a reason for travel during school term as leave if it is not in the best interests of the student. The educational, social and participation reasons to support the leave request should be specified in the application. The essence of these new rules is to discourage parents from taking students out of school unnecessarily during school time. As such, Principals will be expected to decline many such applications for leave and record any such absence as unjustified.

Where a Principal considers that the travel is appropriate during school term, the Principal should issue the parent with an Application for Extended Leave – Travel for completion and inform the parent that if the application is accepted. If so the absences will be recorded as Leave.

Have a question about a policy or a report?

If you have a question about a policy or want to know how we respond to concerns, contact us. We're here to help.

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