Abbeymead Primary School
Request for Leave of Absence
Regular school attendance is important to your child's academic, wellbeing and wider development. Attendance supports learning, improves social skills and friendships, and builds good habits that are essential for adult life. Good attendance will give your child the best possible start and hope for success in the future.
Parents are legally responsible for ensuring children of compulsory school age (5-16 years old) get a suitable, full-time education. This means ensuring your child attends school every day.
Holiday Leave Requests
The Department for Education allows a headteacher the discretion to consider authorising a leave of absence in term time only in exceptional circumstances. If the holiday is not considered to be an exceptional circumstance it will not be agreed. If you nevertheless take your child out of school for the leave of absence, this will be recorded as unauthorised.
If you need to request a leave of absence for your child, please completed the form below:
Holiday Request for Leave of Absence
Absence requests must be submitted at least seven days before the start of the holiday.
All requests must be made prior to the leave being taken.
Leave cannot be authorised retrospectively.
Medical & Non-Medical Leave Requests
Wherever possible, routine appointments should be made after school hours or during the school holidays.
If you need to report a leave of absence for your child, please use the correct form below:
If leave is required within seven days, please telephone the school office on 01452 371710.
Leave will not be authorised retrospectively, unless in an emergency.
Abbeymead reserve the right to request evidence to validate an absence.
Useful Information