Absences
Whole Day Absences
It is a NSW legislative requirement to notify the School if your son is absent. Notifications of unanticipated absence due to illness or misadventure are reported using the Trinity Leave App. The Trinity Leave App may be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play Store.
If your son’s absence is unexplained, you will receive a text message notifying you. Please respond to this text with the reason for his absence.
App forms and emails explaining your son’s absence are retained on the School’s database and therefore a letter explaining the absence is not required.
Attendance on days immediately before and after examinations and assessment tasks is compulsory.
Late Arrival
Middle or Senior School students who are late to School are to report to the Student Service Office on their arrival and sign in via the Student Service terminal.
If a Junior or Preparatory School student arrives late, he is to report to the main office on arrival. Late arrivals are noted in the Record Book.
Early Departure And Medical Appointments
A student will only be permitted to sign out before the end of the school day if part day leave has been approved by the School. Intended absence for medical appointments must be submitted on the Trinity App before 9:00am on the day
Application For Leave
All requests for full or part-day leave for representative sport, family leave, extended leave, discretionary leave or compassionate leave are made to the Head of School using the Trinity App. Where possible, requests should be made ten working days prior to the anticipated commencement of the leave.
Leaving School grounds
Students must not leave the School grounds during normal school hours without permission.
Absence From Sport Middle and Senior Schools
In the case of injury, students are expected to attend Saturday sport and assist the team or training group (attendance at training will be dependent upon the nature of the injury and is to be discussed with the MIC and Sportsmaster).
In the case of debilitating illness or an exceptional circumstance, students must contact the School directly, or through a team-mate prior to the match or training session and deliver a letter to the MIC or coach or by the end of the next day the student is at School. The letter can be emailed to the School’s absentee email address: absentee@trinity.nsw.edu.au. Failure
to submit a letter renders the absence unexplained. The sanction applied for unexplained absence on Saturday is a 3 hour detention and for weekdays, a 2 hour detention.
In the case of exceptional circumstances that are known in advance, such as a family commitment, parents are required to apply for leave in writing to the Head of the Middle or Senior School prior to the week in question. Students are required to inform their coach well in advance of the date of intended absence so that teams can be adjusted.
Last Updated on 01/12/2023
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