Proforma Documents

Absence in Term Time

2025 Leave of Absence Form

WHAT THE LAW SAYS:

Schools are regularly audited to ensure that they are following government guidelines and policies. Schools are not permitted to authorise holiday requests within term time. The guidance as per the DFE is very clear as to the responsibility of the school for ensuring children’s absence is kept to an absolute minimum. The school will be required to un-authorise any absence of ten sessions or longer and refer this to the local authority for consideration of fixed penalty notice.

The school is also required to monitor regular absence that is accruing over a ten week period and in the event a child has ten sessions of unauthorised absences this is also required to be referred to the local authority for consideration of a penalty notice.