Meet Ferris Bueller's worst nightmare

17-year-old Georgia-Skye Finlay has finished school in Hamilton, having never missed a single day in her scholarly career.

And now, her 13-year-old sister Mackenzie Finlay and 11-year-old brother Warner Battersby-Sword are on track to repeat her feat.

Asked about her impressive record, Georgia-Skye said: "Some days were a wee bit tough, if you had a cold or whatever. But it was something to aim towards, it made it a bit easier.

"I had anaphylaxis when I was at primary. It was at dinner that night, but I was in school the next day. I had an operation in my mouth too, I had my frenum cut away, but I was in school the next day with stitches in. The teacher tried to talk to me, but I had to say 'No, not today'."

"I think if it was rewarded, more people would try and keep their attendance up."

MacKenzie agreed: "If you have a cold it is kind of hard."

The feat is made all the more impressive considering MacKenzie was born with a hole in her heart, and Warner had kidney problems.

Proud mum Hazel Battersby-Sword said: "When my dad was alive, Georgia-Skye was in nursery. He had a massive heart attack. We had neighbours and friends that took Georgia-Skye to school whilst we dealt with other things. It was just friends and neighbours that rallied and said 'Look, we'll take the kids, you deal with the hospital'."

But Hazel did not want to take all the credit, by any means.

"There's been times when I've said you're too ill to go into school, and they've gone 'no, no!' I just go, 'fair enough, on you go'," she laughed.

Even despite the loss of their grandfather a few years ago, and their dad working in England for a year, they persevered.

"They've been through a lot of tough times," Hazel said, "but their attitude is 'Right, we'll go to school, it's the best place for us right now'."

Georgia-Skye agreed: "Going to school takes your mind off it, and gives you something else to focus on."

When asked what the secret to their spotless record was, Hazel said: "When I put the placing request to go to Hamilton Grammar, Warner was was up at six o'clock the next morning.

"I said 'what are you doing?' and he goes 'I'm practicing getting ready to go to high school. I know I need to leave 45 minutes earlier, so I'm just getting ready now.' So he's well practiced."

Both Mackenzie and Warner agree that Georgia-Skye has been an inspiration to them, and they're now in competition with each other to see who can match her.

We asked who'd win that contest. "Me," was the immediate reply from Warner.

Now Georgia-Skye has left school, she wants to go to college or university to do biomedical science, and youngster Mackenzie wants to be an equine vet. 11-year-old Warner is keeping his options open.