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

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MOD advice to headteachers: term-time absence for service children (updated September 2020)

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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.

Published 15 July 2015
Last updated 30 September 2020 + show all updates

  1. Updated the advice to headteachers note.

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

  3. First published.