ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY

All pupils are required to be regular and punctual in attendance. Regular school attendance and being on time to school and each class is important for the academic development of the pupils. Excessive or unexcused absence from school is harmful to such development.

Parents have a legal duty to ensure that their children attend school unless absence is due to illness or other unavoidable cause

Please note:

• Any leave of absence from school must always be applied for in writing in advance to the Principal and unauthorized absences are noted in registers and reported to future schools/universities .

• Leave of absence should be requested only in exceptional circumstances .

• All pupils must respect the beginning and end of term dates

• St . George’s International School observes the Vaud Public Holidays of Jeûne Fédéral, Ascension and Pentecost .

• The School Calendar with details of term and holiday dates is posted on the school website

Reporting Absence

• Parents should email their child’s tutor on each day of absence, before the start of the school day . Contact over phone from parents to the office will be relayed to tutors via email .

• Tutors must receive advanced notice from parents regarding absences relating to appointments

• A medical certificate is required for absences of more than 3 days

• In the event of no contact from parents/guardians, the absences will be marked as unauthorized absence on school reports .

Lateness

School begins at 8.15am. All pupils should arrive at school in time to be in their classroom/tutor room by 8 .15am .

Any pupil arriving later than this should give a reason for lateness, and it should be marked on the register .

A Junior School pupil (Years 3 to 5) OR a Middle/Senior School pupil (Years 6 to 13) arriving after registration has finished should report initially to the School Office to sign in. Lower Junior children (ELS-Year 2) go directly to their class in the Chalet.

“Lates” are noted on children’s reports .

Setting Work For Absent Pupils

When a pupil is absent for a day, it is his or her responsibility to catch up on work missed

When a pupil is absent for three days or more, and work is requested by parents, teachers will give work to the Tutor if: a) they are at a point in their teaching where this is appropriate . b) they judge it necessary or even advisable .