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Completing the full-time students page

Start by looking carefully at the school's data to see whether there are students who did not attend the school during the relevant period for at least 11 days of the program or course of study in which they are enrolled.

They will belong to the following category:

Full-time students who did not attend the school during the relevant period for the school for at least 11 days of the program or course of study in which they are enrolled

If students fall into this category, answer 'yes' to the question Did the school have full-time students who did not attend the school during the relevant period for the school for at least 11 days of the program or course of study for which the students are enrolled?.

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Select Click here.

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A new window will pop up. Provide the response 'Yes'. Click on the OK button.

A new section will appear called Full-time students who did not attend the school during the relevant period for the school for at least 11 days of the program or course of study in which they are enrolled.

Enter each full-time student who did not attend for at least 11 days during the relevant period into this section on the Census form. You will then be able to determine if they are eligible to be included in the full-time count of the Census.

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To start entering a student, select the Add button or Click here.

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A new window will pop up. Enter all of the information as requested. All fields are mandatory.

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Reasons available for Beyond Control:

Reasons available for Within Control:

Overview Full-time 11 days

This student is not eligible to be included because the number of days attending and number of days absent beyond control do not add up to 11 days or more.

Overview Full-time 11 days

This student is eligible to be included because the number of days attending plus number of days absent beyond control add up to 11 days or more.

You can enter as many students as you need to using the Add button.

Overview Full-time 11 days

You can include all students where Eligible for inclusion as a full-time student reads 'Yes' in the overall full-time student count.

All full-time students were attending the school during the relevant period for the school for at least 11 days of the program or course of study in which they are enrolled

If all students fall into this category, answer 'no' to the question Did the school have full-time students who did not attend the school during the relevant period for the school for at least 11 days of the program or course of study in which they are enrolled?.

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Select Click here.

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A new window will pop up. Provide the response 'No'. Select the OK button.

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Eligible primary and secondary full-time students

Enter all eligible full-time students into the section of the form called Eligible primary full-time students (Prep Year to Year 6) or the Eligible secondary full-time students (Year 7 to Year 12) according to whether they are primary or secondary. Include the Yes students from the Full-time students who did not attend the school during the relevant period for the school for at least 11 days of the program or course of study for which the students are enrolled section of the Census form as per their enrolled year of schooling. Do not include in the form any students who are not eligible (for example, where the column Eligible for inclusion in the Census as a full-time student = No).

All boxes that you need to complete will appear red in colour and then turn white once you have completed them.

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Enter all primary/secondary full-time students according to their year of schooling and gender.

Once you have entered all students, you can select the Set empty fields to 0 button to populate the remaining fields with zero (0).

The form will calculate the totals.

Click on the Next button once you have completed all fields.

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Last updated 31 January, 2024

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