Every Student, Every Lesson, Every Day!
Every Day counts is Education Queensland's student attendance initiative designed to support students coming to school to be in class, learning, every day. Birkdale State School supports this initiative through the attendance policy to ensure that students meet the expectation of attending every lesson, every day. Furthermore, the school endeavours to build strong partnerships between the school and parents to assist in reducing absenteeism.
All Education Queensland (State Schools) are governed by the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006, which states that all students are required to attend school on every official day gazetted by Education Queensland unless the student is ill or special circumstances prevent the student from attending.
Each student is responsible for their punctuality and attendance. However, under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006, parents can ultimately be held accountable under law for their child's attendance.
For more information relating to attendance and absences, please refer to the Attendance Policy.