Legal process for schools
Whole school letter for FAST-track and Leave in Term Time
FAST-track to attendance
- Guidance
- School attendance review meeting form
- Formal warning notice
- Legal Action - Information for parents
- Helpful Head teacher concern letter
- Helpful Medical absence letter
- Helpful Invitation to school attendance review meeting (SARM) letter
- Helpful Punctuality letter
- FAST-track case examples
Leave in term time (Legal) process
Guidance and templates
- Step-by-Step Guide
- LD1 Request for leave denied Letter to be used for Leave in Term Time (Legal) Process where parents/carers have applied for leave either in writing or verbally; either before the leave or as the leave commences, but the leave has not been authorised.
- LD2 Leave taken: Letter to be used for Leave in Term Time (Legal) Process where the school has not heard directly from the parents/carers prior to or as the leave commences (a friend or relative might have contacted you instead); the child has not returned from authorised leave on the dates agreed; or the child has returned from a period of absence where you suspect the child has taken unauthorised leave in term time.
- Term time leave request
- Term time leave for home school contract