Leave of Absence/Days off within Term Time
There are 190 days of school.
Leaving 175 days of holiday.
Whilst we appreciate rising costs of holidays during peak times, as a school we are unable to authorise holidays/days off within term time, unless these are under exceptional circumstances. The DfE take this topic so seriously, that they have removed the holiday code from the registration system. This means that any time from school, including religious observations, must be for an exceptional circumstance. Each request will be made on a case-by-case basis, so we are unable to provide a list of these exceptional circumstances.
Applying for term time Leave of Absence/Days off:
- Resident parent to request a Leave of Absence (LoA) application from the school office or download the form below.
- This MUST be the resident parent, as all other applications will be declined.
- Resident parent to complete, and sign, the application. Returning to school with supporting evidence. i.e. flight details, appointment letters.
- Please give the school a minimum of two weeks to process any applications. Any LoA requests without enough notice, may not get processed until you return from the absence, making it difficult for us to authorise the time away from school.
- Each request will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and will be at the discretion of the Head Teacher.
- If a request for LoA is not submitted, or it is done so after the holiday/day off this will result in an unauthorised absence.
- Best practice is to talk to a member of the Attendance Support Team prior to requesting the time out of school by emailing attendance@hil.svmat.uk or phoning 01788 544309.
- Each request for absence will be followed by a decision letter. These are standard, generic, letters that outline the reason for the decision. Whilst we would like to personalise these to suit our families, we must follow strict guidelines for leave of absence requests.
