Absentee Hotline Contact Details

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Absentee Procedure

Should a student be unable to attend school on the day, details as listed below should be forwarded to the School Office either via:

• the Absentee Hotline as soon as possible, or
• the Administrative Assistant of the student' House on the day the student returns to school

A letter/facsimile/email, for attention the the Housemaster: [student's House], with the following information is required:

• Student's name
• Grade and class
• House
• Reason for absence
• Date/s absent or to be absent

This is an Education Department instruction, and parents are asked to comply with this. 

Roll Call

Roll call takes place every day at 07:40. All boys must report to their House lines where they will line up in alphabetical order in their particular grades. It is the responsibility of each student to ensure that he is present on time and that his name is ticked off by the member of staff doing roll call.

Latecomers

Any student who arrives after 07:40 is late. He must report to the Secretaries’ Office and must fill in the Latecomers’ List.  Failure to sign the Latecomer’s List will result in one week’s detention. Being late four times in one term will also result in one week’s detention.

Staff Involvement

It is the responsibility of the Housemaster and House staff to ensure that the roll call is efficiently carried out. Each staff member is responsible for a particular grade in his/her House. The Administrative Assistant in each House will co-ordinate the individual House absentees and submit the names to the Secretaries’ Office before 07:50.  

Absence from School

• Student's name
• Grade and class
• House
• Reason for absence
• Date/s absent or to be absent

This information is to be forwarded to the Housemaster via the Absentee Hotline or the Administarative Assistant of the House. The information required is an Education Department instruction, and parents are asked to comply with this.

An absentee list is published each day and distributed to each class before 09:00.

Absence during School

A student must obtain an Exeat from the Office if he wishes to leave school during school hours. If a student is going to miss roll call, the exeat must be obtained the day before his absence.

A letter/facsimile/email, for attention the Deputy Headmaster, with the following information is required:

• Student's name
• Grade and class
• House
• Reason for absence
• Date/s absent or to be absent

This information may be forwarded to the Deputy Headmaster via the Absentee Hotline. The information required is an Education Department instruction, and parents are asked to comply with this.

Documentation Required

A doctor’s certificate must be produced for
(a) a period of absence of three days or longer, or
(b) any period of absence during exams or controlled Grade tests.

Medical Appointments