Pupil Absence

If your child is absent from school, please telephone the school office before 9:00am, on each morning of absence, to let us know the situation. There is a dedicated absence reporting line where you can leave a message - just press 1. If we have not heard a reason for your child's absence by 9:30am, it is our statutory safeguarding requirement to contact you.

Children should NOT be taken out of school for holidays during term time. Any such incidents are recorded as ‘unauthorised’. If the term of unauthorised absence exceeds 5 consecutive days’ parents will be reported to North Northamptonshire attendance officers and fines may be issued. For more information regarding Penalty Notices for term time holidays please see the ‘Penalty Notices Guide’ download on this page. Time may be taken in ‘exceptional circumstances’ by completing an absence form available from the drop down menu on this page. ‘Exceptional circumstances’ are defined as ‘unavoidable, necessary and short’.

You may use our form below to request absence from school for exceptional circumstances.

At the end of the page you will find additional supporting documentation about absence from school.

Absence from School for Exceptional Circumstances Request Form

Sywell Church of England Primary School

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About the Pupil

Pupil/s Name: *

Date of Birth *

Year Group *

I request permission for my child to be absent from school between: -

Date of First Day School Absence: *

Date of Return to School: *

Total Days Requested *

Please detail below the reason for your request for absence from school in term time and include any supporting information. The Headteacher will not be able to consider your request without your supporting documents.

Reason for Absence *

IMPORTANT NOTES

You are required under the Education Act (1996) to ensure your child attends school regularly. There is, however, a discretionary power held by Headteachers to authorise absence in exceptional circumstances.

Please note that supporting documents to aid decision making must be submitted at the time of your request for absence. There is no longer a provision in law for Headteachers to authorise an absence for the purpose of a term time holiday.

Support and guidance on attendance is always available and if you have any questions about this, or if you need help to achieve an improvement, please contact your child’s school to discuss this. Where there are two parents with parental responsibility, both parents must agree to the request.

Parents can be fined by the local authority for taking their child on holiday during term time without the consent of the school. The Local Authority’s decision to issue a fixed Penalty Notice is based on information submitted by the school. Triggers for the fixed Penalty Notice will be:

a minimum of 10 school sessions recorded as unauthorised in a 10 school week period (a school day is 2 sessions - morning and afternoon).
a series of unauthorised absences leading to irregular attendance.
It is important that parents understand that the initial fixed penalty notice of £80 is issued to each parent for each child. A two-parent family with two children would be fined £320.

Signatures

Full Name: *

Parent Email Address *

Request Date: *

Signature *

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Pupil Absence

About the Pupil

I request permission for my child to be absent from school between: -

IMPORTANT NOTES

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