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Update - Late Arrival to School Process

Being present for the start of school is important as it gives a sense of inclusion and maximises learning opportunity for the student. It also minimises the impact of disruptive late arrivals on the class as a whole to have all students present at the start of the lesson.

At NSC we recognise that most students try to be on time for school every day but have the occasional uncontrollable incidents which prevent this. Sometimes support is needed to assist students getting to school on time and sometimes extra motivation is key.

To address these concerns we have updated our late arrival process as of 15/8/22.

Students who arrive late to school for any reason should go to the front office as before.

After having their arrival time noted, students head to their lockers and then straight to class, their teachers will see they have been to the office on Compass and invite them in.

In situations where no parental contact is provided explaining the lateness, students will be required to attend a Reflection session in M9 at lunch to meet with Student Support. Here offers of support will be made and detention time will be allocated if deemed helpful as a deterrent for future incidents of lateness.

We hope that this slight improvement to the system will help us support students who need support in getting to school on time and allow us to collect accurate data to inform future individual conversations and decisions of this nature.