Our policies and reports
Our policies and reports help families understand how our school works. Our annual report and school plan show what we’ve done and how we’re improving each year. Our policies address attendance, absences, behaviour, uniform and how we respond to your concerns.
School policies
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:
Like all NSW public schools, we provide safe learning and teaching environments to encourage healthy, happy, successful and productive students.
The Centre is committed to creating quality learning opportunities for children and young people. These opportunities support student growth and wellbeing through positive and respectful relationships, fostering a sense of belonging to the school and community, connecting students to learning and establishing personal and collective goals.
The department has an established Wellbeing Framework for Schools which helps schools support the cognitive, physical, social, emotional and spiritual development of students and allow them to connect, succeed and thrive throughout their education.
Our team lead a proactive curriculum, ensuring that all activities reflect the school plan. This includes a mentor program for each class, whole school Constellation Program, O-Week, camps and wellbeing and learning programs assigned to year groups and specific students. Our programs are designed to meet the specific needs of our AgSTEM cohorts.
TRELLIS encourages students to be self-aware, build positive relationships and actively contribute to the school, the community and the society in which they live. The ideals of curiosity, creativity and positive risk taking are instilled to ensure our students are empowered to achieve their personal best.
DoE policies
Annual school report
Each year, we share our progress in the annual school report. It gives families a clear picture of how our school is performing and how we’re supporting every student’s success. The report reflects our commitment to openness, accountability and continuous improvement.
The report includes:
- what we’re doing well and where we’re improving
- student achievement and academic progress
- our school vision and goals
- key highlights and milestones
- challenges we’ve faced and how we’re addressing them.
School excellence plan
Our school excellence plan (SEP) is a working document that shows our priorities in learning, teaching and leading. It explains our focus areas for improvement and how we plan to get there. We write our SEP with help from our school community so it reflects our shared priorities.
School behaviour support and management plan
Our school has a school behaviour support and management plan (SBSMP). The SBSMP helps us create a safe, respectful and supportive learning environment for all students. It sets clear expectations for student behaviour. This includes how we respond to bullying and cyberbullying. We work together with our school community to shape the plan and review it each year.
School behaviour support and management plan (PDF 700KB)
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.
The Centre rejects all forms of bullying. Bullying is repeated verbal, physical, social or psychological behaviour that is harmful and involves the misuse of power by an individual or group towards one or more persons. Cyber bullying refers to bullying through information and communication technologies. All members of our community contribute to preventing bullying by modelling and promoting appropriate behaviour and respectful relationships.
Aims of Centre's Anti-Bullying Plan
- To implement and maintain a whole school approach to address the problem of bullying
- To maintain a positive climate of respectful relationships where bullying is less likely to occur
- To increase self-esteem and to build self-efficacy
- To enhance learning readiness in the learning environment
- To embed anti-bullying messages into each curriculum area and heighten awareness at a whole school level
- To empower students to be proactive in problem solving associated with bullying
Student Programs at the Centre to support our Anti-Bullying Plan
- All students will be made aware that bullying is unacceptable behaviour and that there are procedures in place for dealing with this problem: Mentors and Key Contact People
- All students will adhere to school rules about bullying
- All students will be encouraged to report bullying of any form when it occurs. Students are aware of the key contact points in the school: Class Mentor Teachers, ARCOs, School Leadership teachers
- All students will participate in ongoing anti-bullying reminders in mentor and musters during the school term
- Student leaders, including Prefects/SRC will participate actively in identifying and reducing the incidents of bullying and setting the standards as a role model.
- Student leaders work in conjunction with school leadership team to gain feedback from the student body.
If you have any concerns, please contact our school on (02) 4560 6300 or email centreofexcellenceinaged-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au and a member of our school leadership team, mentor teachers or anti-racism officer will contact you directly.
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