Download our template letters
Use these 11 letters to help you communicate with parents about absence, attendance and punctuality.
The letters cover:
- Concerns about absence, unauthorised absence or punctuality
- Invitations to come in for a meeting to discuss attendance
- Formal notice regarding unauthorised absence
- Accepting or declining a request for term-time absence
- Accepting a request for absence for religious observance
Build a trusting relationship with parents/carers
Use these tips to help improve communication with parents and carers in your school.
Meet with parents and carers before you send a warning letter
This is the best way to form a constructive relationship, and is more likely to be successful than simply sending a letter.
If this approach doesn't work, then a
