Attendance Matters

Student attendance and engagement is important for the educational success of students.  Educational success is central to the lifelong achievement, wellbeing and success of our young people.  This is the why our dedicated staff are committed to improving the attendance and engagement rates of all students who attend Renmark High. 

It is fantastic to see that since Week 9 of Term 1, RHS whole school attendance has been above the state average and has stayed above the average until the end of Week 6 (the most recent time the state data has been updated). This is the longest period RHS has been above the state average for some time! 

It has been positive to see the lessor impact of COVID19 on RHS compared with the state average. RHS did not experience as sharp, or as significant, a decline in attendance as the state average and RHS recovered its attendance more rapidly. 

The strong attendance of the junior school is to be particularly commended, with Year 8 and 9 attendance regularly being above 90%.  There has also been improved attendance of our Year 12's in Term 2 with students attending above their average rate when compared with their attendance in 2019 as Year 11's. 

The attendance of our Year 10 students as a group is a concern however.  While individuals have excellent attendance, the overall year level is 10% down on their average as Year 9’s in 2019.   Our Student Review Team is working with a group of Year 10 students and exploring a variety of ways for students to engage in their schooling. 

Please continue the great work in supporting your young people to attend school regularly.  If however, you are a parent or caregiver having difficulties in getting your young person to school in any year level, please contact their Care Group teachers or our Wellbeing Leaders, Ben Files or Lucinda Yates, to discuss. 

While attendance is important we also need students to stay home if they are sick.  With many COVID-19 related restrictions easing, it is still very important that students stay home if they are unwell.

Please inform the school of the reason if your young person is absent. Each day we are reporting to the Department for Education, who are monitoring absenteeism, and it is important that our data is as accurate as possible.

Thank you for your support in this.