Rules and policies are in place to make sure your child remains safe and well at school.
Visit the NSW Department of Education’s policy library for all current operational policies.
Attendance and absences
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.
For more information about compulsory school attendance, visit:
School frameworks (school policies)
The following frameworks apply to students at our school.
Student Behaviour Support & Management
Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design takes pride in delivering an excellent education in a caring environment. As a specialist visual arts and design high school, we have a strong commitment to delivering high-quality education with a creative focus. In addition to our comprehensive curriculum, we offer academic design enrichment classes for gifted and talented students and have extensive extracurricular programs in the arts, design, music and sport. Our teachers are committed to helping all students reach their full potential.
Additionally, Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design is committed to explicitly teaching and modelling positive behaviour and to supporting all students to be engaged with their learning. In response to teacher, student and parent feedback, the school has adopted a Home Room structure that places student wellbeing and positive engagement at its core. This is well supported through the school’s Mentoring program, where positive behaviour and the school’s values of Respect, Responsibility and Relationships are explicitly taught and fostered.
For further information read our DHSVAD School Behaviour Support and Management Plan
