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Annex A
The table below gives the full definitions of attendance and absence from 2003/04
Attendance
participation in the programme of educational activities arranged by the school.
In addition to actual attendance within the school premises, it covered:
- work experience
- educational visits
- day and residential visits to outdoor centres
- college/consortium school study
- interviews and visits relating to further and/or higher education
- debates, sports, musical or theatrical productions etc. arranged by, or in conjunction with, the school
- activities in connection with psychological services
- school medical examinations off-site
- study leave
- receiving tuition via hospital or outreach teaching services
- medical and dental appointments
- sickness with appropriate educational provision
Authorised absence
- sickness without education provision
- short-term exceptional domestic circumstances
- family holidays in exceptional circumstances only
Other authorised absence, including:
- bereavement
- lack of transport - including due to bad weather
- religious observance
- meetings prior to and in court
- attendance at or in connection with a Children's Hearing or Care Review
- weddings of immediate family
- agreed debates, sports, musical or theatrical productions not arranged by or in conjunction with the school
- extended absence in relation to children of travelling families
Unauthorised absence
- truancy (unauthorised absence from school for any period as a result of premeditated or spontaneous action on the part of pupil, parent or both) and unexplained absence
- long-term exceptional domestic circumstances
- family holidays during term time, other than in exceptional circumstances
- other unauthorised absences, e.g. where a parent is in dispute with a school
Absence due to temporary exclusion
Extended leave
recorded separately outwith the figures for attendance and absence, and includes circumstances such as:
- extended overseas educational trips not organised by the school
- short-term parental placement abroad
- family returning to its country of origin (to care for a relative, or for cultural reasons)
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