Pupil Absence Notification Form
Schools are obliged to keep detailed records of student absences together with the reasons for such absences. Students who are absent for 20 days or more during the school year have to be reported to the Education Welfare Board. Reports must be submitted by specified dates during the year.
Categories of absences to be reported to Education Welfare Board:
A - Illness
B - Urgent Family Reasons e.g. Bereavement
C - Expelled
D - Suspended
E - Other (Use Comment Column) e.g. holidays
F - Unexplained - the school has not received a written explanation for absence
G - Transfer to another school
To enable the school to fulfil its obligations under the Education Welfare Act parents/guardians are asked to complete this form on their child's absence.
The roll call will be taken at 10.30 a.m. Children who are not present when the roll is taken will be marked absent.
Parents/guardians should complete the form using the reference above to categorise their child/rens absence, using categories A, B, or E as appropriate.
The school will complete sections C, D, F, or G where appropriate.
