Student Services

To ensure the safety of all students, there are procedures for entering the College after the start of the school day or leaving before 2:55pm. Any student arriving late to school is required to enter and sign in via Student Services, where a late slip will be issued. Where a student needs to leave early to attend an appointment, the parent will need to notify the College in advance so an early leaver slip can be generated and the attendance roll adjusted. Students will generally leave from Student Services but a prior arrangement can be made to leave from the Cassowary exit. You can read our Attendance and Engagement Policy here.

Good Standing at Ballajura Community College is a whole-school support strategy that aligns with the Positive Student Behaviour Policy, recognising students who uphold the College’s REACH values. All students begin each year with Good Standing, allowing them to participate in extracurricular and reward activities. To maintain this status, students must exhibit positive behaviour, adhere to the Dress Code, maintain at least 90% attendance and demonstrate punctuality and positive engagement in learning. Good Standing may be lost for three weeks if a student breaches the code of conduct, engages in serious misconduct, fails to follow the Dress Code despite support, or has poor attendance, punctuality or engagement. Losing Good Standing will result in the student forfeiting privileges including the right to represent Ballajura Community College at an individual or team event and attendance at invitational events and other extra-curricular activities. You can read about our Good Standing Policy here.

Adolescent Immunisation 
Free recommended vaccines for students in year 7 and year 10.

• Every year, the adolescent immunisation program provides free, routine and recommended vaccines to year 7 and year 10 students across Western Australia.
• Parents, legal guardians and adolescents can register and consent online.

Students will receive an immunisation consent form during PCG. Please sign and return these forms to the relevant PCG teacher. 

Year 7 Students 
Year 7 students are offered:

• Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine: 1 dose The HPV vaccine protects against the human papillomavirus (HPV)
• Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (dTpa) vaccine: 1 dose The dTpa vaccine protects against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough (pertussis).
  See Guide for Parents: Adolescent Immunisation - Year 7

Year 10 Students 
Year 10 students are offered:

• Meningococcal ACWY (Men ACWY) vaccine: 1 dose The Men ACWY vaccine protects against 4 strains of meningococcal disease.
  See Guide for Parents: Adolescent Immunisation - Year 10

If your child misses their vaccine at school, visit your immunisation provider (the vaccine is free, but consultation fees may apply).

You can read more about 'Adolescent immunisation' here.

Pastoral Care Group is an integral part of our student health and wellbeing program and all students are required to attend.
PCG occurs every morning from 8.45am – 9.05am, except Wednesdays. Students take part in lessons around physical, social and emotional growth as well as career planning.
Results are reported to parents as a part of the normal reporting cycle.

Ballajura Community College is a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) school. Our values are defined by the acronym 'REACH' - Respect, Equity, Achievement, Care and Health. It is a framework for enhancing, adopting and implementing a continuum of evidenced based interventions to achieve Academic, Social, Emotional & Behavioural important outcomes for all students. It is a framework for enhancing, adopting and implementing a continuum of evidence based interventions to achieve important academic, social, emotional and behavioural outcomes for all students. PBS also supports consistency in disciplinary actions. Our Student Services Team and PBS committee collaborate to ensure interventions are fair, culturally responsive and tailored to diverse student needs. Students who display our college PBS values may be eligible to attend multiple reward events throughout the year as recognition of their positive engagement. PBS points are also given throughout the year and contribute toward the House System, with the winning house also rewarded for their positive contributions to College culture. You can read our Positive Student Behaviour Policy here.

Ballajura Community College identifies, responds to and supports the diverse needs of all students so that they are able to engage with the content and standards defined in the Western Australian Curriculum.

Students whose academic, social and/or emotional attributes are a barrier to engagement with the content and standards defined in the Western Australian Curriculum are considered to be at educational risk.

The Students at Educational Risk Policy and Procedures documents the College's plans and processes for identification of, provision for, monitoring and reporting on students who may be at educational risk, with a focus on early intervention.

For more information, contact Student Services.