Every Day Matters

As a connected school community, we are committed to ensuring students attend regularly, remain engaged, and continue to make progress in their education – recognising that meaningful engagement is key to improving attendance. Regular school attendance is vital for the success and wellbeing of our tamariki. Attending school every day supports our students to build strong foundations for their learning and social development. Regular attendance also promotes achievement success as tamariki can consistently build on their learning.

Our government has set a national target of 80% of students attending school at least 90% of the time. This means that students should be absent for no more than one day a fortnight to ensure that they can have continued success at school.

Please see our Attendance Management Plan and Stepped Attendance Response (STAR) Procedures as well as ‘Student Attendance’ on Otonga School SchoolDocs Policies.