Carre’s Grammar School

REQUEST FOR ABSENCE IN SCHOOL TIME

GUIDANCE NOTES

1	Subject teachers are expected to deliver the school curriculum within a tight time scale, and the absence of students during term time has a detrimental effect on learning.

2	Parents do not have an automatic right to take a child from school.  Permission must be obtained in advance.

3	If authorised absence is requested, details of the absence and the family’s circumstances should be submitted in writing in advance.  Parents must also state the exceptional circumstances for requesting their son to take such time off school.

4	If a student is kept away for longer than the period agreed, the additional time will normally be treated as unauthorised.  Similarly, if a child is taken away without prior written permission, this will be recorded as unauthorised absence.

5	If absence for more than two weeks is authorised, the school reserves the right to require a set level of study during the holiday and/or the completion of assignments.

6	In some circumstances, if there is an extended absence without permission, the student may be taken off the school roll.

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THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EDUCATION (SCHOOLS AND FURTHER EDUCATION) REGULATIONS 1981 AND GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SKILLS ‘SCHOOL ATTENDANCE: POLICY AND PRACTICE ON CATEGORISATION OF ABSENCE’

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For office use only 

Approved:  YES/NO

REQUEST FOR ABSENCE IN SCHOOL TIME

To:	The Headteacher

Authorised absence is requested for:

Name of Student ………………………………………………………. Form …………….

Dates:     from……………………………………………………. to ………………………………………………

Authorisation will only be issued in exceptional circumstances.  Please outline the reasons why you wish this request to be considered:

Signed …………………………………………………………………………   Date …………………………………….
                           Parent/Carer

N.B. 

•	Absence from school can be authorised only by the school.
•	Absence not approved by the school in writing and in advance will be recorded as ‘unauthorised’.
•	Please see the notes overleaf

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To ………………………………………………………………………(Parent/Carer)

Your request is approved and the absence, as set out above, is duly authorised.

Your request is not approved as the reasons for the request are not exceptional; therefore, if the student is absent as proposed above, it will be recorded as unauthorised and reported on the annual report.

Signed ………………………………………………………………     Date ………………………………………….

N.B.  Any absence means that important schooling is missed.  PLEASE  consider the effect on your son’s education of time off taken during term-time.

                           Headteacher