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Use these 8 letters to help you communicate with parents about absence, attendance and punctuality.
The letters cover:
- Concerns about absence, unauthorised absence or punctuality
- Formal notices regarding unauthorised absence
- Accepting or declining a request for term-time holiday
- Accepting a request for absence for religious observance
Primary examples
Ruislip Gardens Primary School in Middlesex has letters in the appendix of its attendance policy that cover:
- Good and poor termly attendance
- Poor punctuality
Hayeswood First School in Dorset has letters in the appendix of its attendance policy that cover:
- Poor attendance
Secondary examples
The Henry Beaufort School in Hampshire has letters in appendix 3 of its attendance policy on areas including:
- Responding to a request for authorised absence
- Poor attendance due to illness
- Fixed penalty warnings
- Attendances below 90%
Poor
