School attendance is obligatory up to age 16 according to Maltese law and it is the parents’ or legal guardians’ duty to ensure that their children attend school regularly:

• Permission cannot be granted for students to go on holidays during school days. These will be marked as absent unless students are requested to go abroad for educational visits or for serious family matters. In these cases permission may be granted upon presentation of valid documentation. In situations when the trip is related to a family issue a written  justification is to be presented to the Head of School who will inform you whether the justification has been accepted or not.
• If your child is not attending school because s/he is not feeling well a medical certificate is to be provided only if the absence is going to last for more than 3 days. When your child is sick for less than 3 days a written note is sufficient. These absences should be kept to a minimum and, the Head of School may still not accept notes and request a formal Medical Certificate even when your child is absent for less than 3 days if it is considered necessary. The Medical Certificate is to be presented within three days from the actual date that the student returns to school. It is important that the doctor issuing the medical certificate fills in the Medical Certificate Record Card that has to be presented to the school together with the medical certificate. When the number of unjustified absences exceeds  3 days in any particular month further action will be taken. Likewise when the number of unjustified absences accumulates to 9 days within any scholastic year, further action will be taken.
• Record of attendance is taken daily and an SMS is sent to parents when students do not attend school. It is therefore very important that the school has the correct mobile phone numbers as otherwise messaged will not be delivered.
• When a student turns 16 years after starting Form 5 they are legally obliged to complete the scholastic year.

Your collaboration is essential to ensure that these procedures are followed in the best interest of each student.