Guidance

School term time absence for service children: teachers guide

Ministry of Defence advice to headteachers regarding school term time absence for children of service personnel.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 15 July 2015
• Last updated: 8 September 2021
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  1. 8 September 2021

     Updated the contact email address.

  2. 30 September 2020

     Updated the advice to headteachers note.

  3. 26 July 2018

     Updated the Ministry of Defence advice to head teachers term time absence for service children pdf.

  4. 15 July 2015

     First published.

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MOD advice to headteachers: term-time absence for service children

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Since September 2013, by law, head teachers are only able to grant requests for leave during term-time in “exceptional circumstances”.

The attached advice note provides additional guidance from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to assist head teachers when making decisions on absence applications from service families and explains how head teachers can seek further guidance from the MOD when dealing with specific cases.