Course description
This session is designed for primary school staff with focus on features in the new Class/Sessions Report as well as relevant aspects of the Student Attendance Report.
Audience: Primary school staff, principals, school leaders, professional support staff and members of School Support and Wellbeing Teams (SSWT)
Course outcomes
After participating in this session, College principals, school leaders, professional support staff, and members of School Support and Wellbeing Teams (SSWT) will:
Understand the purpose and scope of the new Class/Session Attendance Report introduced in 2025.
Navigate and interpret session-level attendance data, including:
Attendance by learning area, subject, and teaching group class.
Indicators of late arrivals and early departures.
Utilise report filters and features to tailor views for specific students, classes, or timeframes.
Identify patterns of student attendance and engagement across the school day.
Access and interpret parent contact data from the SSS contact log within the report.
Apply insights from the report to support student attendance strategies and inform wellbeing interventions.
Principal Capability Framework
C1 – Thinks analytically to source and process information and data
Enrolment
Session 4: Going further with the Class/Sessions Report for Secondary Schools
This session will dig deeper into the features of the Class/Sessions Report and provide specific examples of the report’s use for secondary school. This includes class, subject and individual student data for each of these.
Audience: Secondary school principals, school leaders, professional support staff and members of School Support and Wellbeing Teams (SSWT)
Thursday 13 November 3:30pm-4:00pm
Session 5: Primary School Focus – Student Attendance Report and Class/Sessions Feature
This session is designed for primary school staff with focus on features in the new Class/Sessions Report as well as relevant aspects of the Student Attendance Report.
Audience: Primary school staff, principals, school leaders, professional support staff and members of School Support and Wellbeing Teams (SSWT)
Tuesday 18 November 8:30am-9:00am
Thursday 20 November 3:30pm-4:00pm
Session 6: Professional Support Staff – Individual Student
Attendance Data
This session is designed for Professional Support Staff to provide an overview of the Student Attendance Report. During this session the individual student attendance features of the report to support
Audience: Professional Support Staff, principals, school leaders, professional support staff and members of School Support and Wellbeing Teams (SSWT)