Report Absence

Please contact our school on:

06 322 1544 and leave a message on the answer phone
Email - office@clifton.school.nz
Use our School App
Use the form to the right
Send a text to 027 478 3417
Send a signed note with another family member if your child is going to be absent on any day

Teachers take the school roll as soon as school starts and mark children with a question mark (?) if we have not been advised that they will be absent. A text is sent to parents/caregivers to the mobile phone number we have on file requesting confirmation that your child is at home with you. If we do not hear back, your child will be marked truant. It is for this reason that parents are urged to let us know whenever a child is absent from school.

Similarly, if your child is going to be picked up early, or needs to leave the school grounds for any reason, we need a parent or guardian’s authorisation. If we haven’t been advised, your child will not be allowed to leave until we have contacted you. We thank you for your support in helping keep your children safe.