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Staff leave of absence request forms: examples

Find examples of leave request forms from schools and a local authority to help you write your own.

Last reviewed on 18 February 2025
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Contents
  1. Primary school example 
  2. Secondary school examples 
  3. Special school example
  4. Local authority example

Primary school example 

Normanhurst School is an independent school in Waltham Forest. It has an online form for staff to request absence. 

Secondary school examples 

Holbrook Academy in Suffolk has a form in appendix 1 (page 18) of its leave of absence policy.

Rishworth School, an independent school in West Yorkshire, has an online form (scroll down to absence request / staff cover form) to manage staff absence requests and staff cover.

Special school example

Riverside School, an all-through community special school in Kent, has an online form to manage staff special leave applications.

Local authority example

Waltham Forest Council has a template staff leave of absence form for schools. It covers different reasons that staff may be absent.