For students attending an English language course in Ireland with Englishour on a visa, you must maintain at least 85% attendance of your classes throughout the duration of your course.
Arriving to class more than 15 minutes late will mark a student as absent. A student that is sick for more than two days without providing a note from their doctor will also mark them as absent.
If a student falls below the 85% attendance rate and no improvements are made, the Academic Director at Englishour will inform the Garda Immigration Authority.
In the event that low attendance leads to expulsion, students have the right to appeal with the Academic Director.
If you do not fulfil your attendance obligations, you may be expelled from your course and you will receive no refund.
Before any student, is expelled, the following steps are always made:
Informal meeting
Verbal warning when attendance below 85%
2 written warnings if there’s no sign of improvement
Contact made with the Garda Immigration Authority
In the event of an expulsion from their english language course in Ireland with Englishour, the student has the right to appeal the decision of the school to expel them.
In this case the student will contact the Academic Director at Englishour, who will then arrange a meeting with the student to explain the reasons for the expulsion. Student have the right to state their reason for the appeal and to provide reasonable supporting evidence, including medical certs; which have not already been submitted, in support of their appeal.
The Director will review any new information and documentation provided.
If this is found to be sufficient, the student will be reinstated with the provision that their attendance will be closely monitored.
If the supporting evidence is not deemed sufficient, the expulsion will stand and the student will be referred to the Garda National Immigration Bureau, should they wish to take the matter further.
All of these steps are documented by the Academic Director and Englishour will always act on this at the earliest possible moment.
If you are sick at any point during your English language course in Ireland, you must notify Englishour by phone call or email (rita@englishour.ie) before your class commences.
If a student is sick for more than two days, A doctor’s note needs to be presented to us when you return.
If you don’t produce this note, the time you have been away will will be counted as ‘absent’.
Unless it’s an emergency, you must request holidays at least seven days in advance and make your request to the Academic Director. Student holidays must always comply with the Department of Justice and Equality’s requirements.
Attendance must be a minimum of 85% for a student to request holidays.
