Sch 3School attendance notice

Schedule 3—School attendance notice

Regulation 11

[Date of notice]

Child's Details: [full name, date of birth]

Parent's Details: [full name, home address]

To: [full name of parent]

Your child, [child's full name] born [date of birth], has not attended school on
[insert dates] and you have not provided a reasonable excuse for these absences.

You are required to complete and send us a reply form with one of the responses detailed in the options below by [insert due date which must not be less than 21 days after the date of the notice].

Signature of school attendance officer:

OPTION 1

I am unable to adequately respond to this notice because the child was not living with me on some or all of the dates set out above.

The parent with whom the child was living on [insert relevant dates] is
[full name and address of nominated parent].

OPTION 2

My child did not attend school because:

Signature of Parent:

NOTES

If this reason is considered to be a reasonable excuse, no further action will be taken. If this reason is not considered to be a reasonable excuse, an infringement notice may be sent to you.

The Education and Training Reform Act 2006 provides that it is an offence to provide false information in reply to this notice.

You must post or deliver this notice to [school attendance officer contact details] by [insert due date which must not be less than 21 days after the date of the notice].

If you do not complete and return this form by the due date an infringement notice may be sent to you.