Leave of Absence Request Form
Please note if you proceed with an unauthorised leave of absence, you may receive a FIXED PENALTY NOTICE issued from the Local Authority.  This will be £60 per parent per child if paid within 21 days rising to £120 per parent per child if paid within 28 days.  

The Local Authority Code of Conduct (point 3.3) for the issue of Fixed Penalty Notices in respect of Poor School Attendance and Unauthorised Holidays / Leave of Absence taken in Term-Time states that a parent will not be issued with more than 1 Fixed Penalty Notice in respect of an individual child in any 2-year period.

This means that if any parent/carer who has already received a Fixed Penalty Notice then takes their child out of school in term time for a holiday, which falls within 2 years of the date of the last day of absence of the previous holiday, a request will be made to the Local Authority and the matter may be referred to the Magistrate’s Court. This could result in a prosecution of up to £1000.

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I wish to apply for my child to take leave of absence during term time *
Please enter name/s and year group/s
Address of child taking leave of absence *
Leave of absence start date *
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Leave of absence end date *
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Number of school days missed *
Reason for requesting leave  *
Name of Parents with parental responsibility including address details if different from above.

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Name of Parents requesting leave (please include both  names of parents if both are accompanying the child on holiday).

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Leave of absence in term time – information for consideration.
The Education Act 1996 is the primary legislation which governs the attendance of a child at school. Section 7 of The Education Act 1996 states that: ‘The parent of every child of compulsory school age shall cause him to receive efficient full-time education suitable…to his age, ability and aptitude, and…to any special educational needs he may have, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise.

In law, an offence occurs if a parent fails to secure a child’s attendance at a school in which they are a registered pupil, and that absence is not authorised by the school. Fixed Penalty Notices supplement the existing sanctions currently available under Section 444 of The Education Act 1996, Section 103 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 or Section 36 of The Children’s Act 1989 to enforce attendance at school where appropriate, subject to statutory defences.   

The Education (Penalty Notices) (England) Regulations 2007 set out the procedures for issuing Fixed Penalty Notices to each parent who fails to secure the regular attendance of their child at school. Under section 576 of The Education Act 1996, a parent is defined as follows: 
• All natural parents whether they are married or not 
• Any person who although they are not a natural parent, has care of a child or young person – having care of a child or young person means that a person with whom the child lives and who looks after the child, irrespective of what their relationship is with the child, is considered to be a parent in education law. 

Throughout this document, references to ‘parent’ mean each and every parent falling within the definition, whether acting jointly or separately, and should not be taken to mean that provisions only apply to ‘parent’ in the singular.
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