Behaviour Code for Students
NSW public schools are committed to providing safe, supportive and responsive learning environments for everyone
Rules and policies are in place to make sure your child remains safe and well at school.
Visit the NSW Department of Education’s policy library for all current operational policies.
Our school uses the department's School Community Charter to ensure all of our communication is collaborative and respectful.
Attendance and absences
Students must attend school regularly so they can achieve their educational best and increase their career and life options.
In NSW, all children from the age of 6 are legally required to attend school or be registered for home schooling through the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). All students must complete Year 10, or its equivalent.
Young people below the age of 17 who have completed Year 10 must be:
in school, or registered for home schooling
in approved education or training, such as a traineeship, apprenticeship or TAFE
in full-time paid employment (average 25 hours a week)
in a combination of work, education and/or training (average of 25 hours a week combined).
Students 17 years and over who are enrolled in school must attend school regularly to meet HSC course requirements.
As a parent or carer, you are responsible for ensuring your child attends school every day when they are of compulsory school age. You must explain all absences to the school within 7 days.
For more information about compulsory school attendance, visit:
School frameworks (school rules)
As well as following the department’s operational policies, we have developed frameworks for our students in line with our school’s values and commitments.
TLSC Tumbi Umbi Campus aims to keep parents, carers and community informed about their local secondary school. During Term 1 2011 several key policies and procedures will be added to our website. These include:
- Enrolment Policy for local students
- Enrolment Policy for non-local students
- Monitoring Learning Policy
- complaints process.
Most other policies and procedures are already available on our website, however, this section will tell you where to find them.
Monitoring learning policy
TLSC Tumbi Umbi Campus aims to keep parents and carers informed of assessment tasks. from time to time a student may be absent when a task is handed out. We aim to mail those tasks home to parents. Occasionally students may not hand in an assessment on the date it is due. We aim to inform parents when this happens so we can work together to make sure that parents know that work has been missed. We also list this information under each year group.
Complaints process
If at any time you find that you have a concern about anything to do the school, you are encouraged to come to the school and tell someone so that your concern can be resolved. It is our aim to work with all of our school community to ensure that we do the very best we can to ensure a productive, safe and enjoyable experience for our students.
However, should you feel that you must raise a concern formally, the NSW Department of Education and Training has procedures for ensuring that complaints are handled fairly. Further information is available from the administration office or in the Department's Complaints Handling Guidelines which includes a guide to Lodging a Complaint. These documents can be accessed on the department's internet website at education.nsw.gov.au.