Please note that our Policy does not allow for leave to be granted during the school day (other than for medical, dental or exceptional family circumstances). Children may not, therefore, be picked-up early for recreational or extra-curricular activities, tuition, sports, music/dance lessons or language classes when they legally required to be at school.
Our Policy allows very limited exceptions for Ministry of Education-accredited institutions, certain specialist therapists and in-school groups, but not for other paid classes or activities run outside of school during instructional time. Any activity leave during school hours requires prior authorisation (at Principal discretion) by law under the Education and Training Act 2020.
While some private providers prefer to run classes during the school day for their own convenience, this causes disruption (and inconvenience) to teaching, learning and staff here at school, and should therefore be scheduled before/after school (or on weekends). If a provider does not offer this as an option for any reason, we recommend finding a different provider who does!
