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Absences

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At Woodcrest State College, we are committed to supporting regular attendance and maintaining accurate student records. Parents and carers are asked to follow the procedures below when notifying the College of student absences, late arrivals, or early departures.

Student Absences

Parents/carers must notify the College of all student absences by 8:45am on the day of absence.

Preferred Method:

Other Options:

Please include the following details:

  • Student’s full name

  • Year level

  • Date(s) of absence

  • Reason for absence

  • Expected duration

  • Your relationship to the student

  • Your best contact number

Important: All absence notifications must come directly from a parent or legal guardian. Messages sent from a student’s device will not be accepted.


Late Arrivals

School starts at 8:50am. Students arriving between 8:50am and 9:00am are to go directly to their classroom/roll class to be marked present.

School Gates will be locked at 9:00am and you will be required to report to Campus Student Services to sign in.

All students who arrive after 9am are considered late to school. All students who arrive after 9am must report to Campus Student Services to sign in. The following options to report late arrivals are:

  1. Create an attendance note via the compass app from 8:50am to the estimated time of arrival and select a reason from the options available. (this is the preferred option)
  2. Call 3280 2460 with a short message stating the student’s full name, estimated time of arrival and reason for being late.
  3. Present to Campus Student Services with your student.
  4. Provide your student with a note to hand to staff when signing in.

Early Departures (Planned Appointments)

​If your student needs to leave the school during the school day the following options are to be used are:

​​Primary

  • Create an attendance note in Compass from the time of pickup to 2:50pm and select a reason from the options provided (preferred option).
  • Phone 3280 2444 and select option 2. Provide full name of student, year level and outline the reason for pick up.
  • Student is to present to the Campus Student Services building with a note from a parent/carer stating pick up time and reason for pick up.
  • Teachers will be notified of early departure via email and Campus Student Services will call the classroom for pick up.

Secondary​​​

Option A

  • Student reports to Campus Student Services before roll class (8:50am) with communication from parent/carer.
  • Student will be issued with an early departure slip that needs to be presented to your teacher at the departure time.
  • Student MUST reports to Campus Student Services to sign out and exit Campus

Optio​​n B:

  • Parent/carer communicates with College via one of the following options
    • Create an attendance note in Compass
    • Phone (07) 3280 2444
  • Student will be issued with an early departure slip that needs to be presented to your teacher at the departure time.
  • Student needs to collect early departure slip from Campus Student Services before school starts.
  • Student reports to Campus Student Services to sign out.


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Last reviewed 11 February 2026
Last updated 11 February 2026