LCC Advice for parents - Scarlet Fever

Illness
If your child is ill please keep him/her at home until he/she is fully recovered.

Contact the school:
Telephone: 0116 2665656. Please include your child's name, class and reason for absence if you are leaving a voice message.
Email: office@herrick.leicester.sch.uk
Absence form Please complete the absence form below...



Holidays
From 1st September 2013, the reference 'in law' to Head Teachers being able (at their discretion) to agree up to 10 days of leave of absence was removed. The ‘legal’ reference has been amended and states that schools should not authorise leave of absence unless:

• The Head teacher considers that there are exceptional circumstances relating to the application AND An application has been made in advance by the parent/carer

Penalty Notices will be issued from Leicester City Council for parents who take their children on holiday in term time. Penalty Notice charges at present are:

• First offence: £160 per parent, per child when paid within 28 days. Reduced to £80 per parent per child if paid within 21 days.
• Second offence (within 3 years): £160 per parent, per child when paid within 28 days. (No option to pay at £80 level).
• Third Offence and Any Further Offences (within 3 years): The case will proceed to the Magistrates' court. Magistrate's fimes can be up to €2,500 per parent, per child.
• Full details available here.

As a result of this change the Governors have amended their school policy. NO holiday will be authorised unless the Headteacher and Chair of Governors considered the request to be an exceptional circumstance.

If you wish the Head teacher & Chair of Governors to consider a request the following actions should be taken –

• Request form to be collected from the school office or downloaded here
• Forms MUST be completed and returned at least 10 days before the first day requested.
• If the form is not returned 10 days prior then the leave will automatically be unauthorised.

The Head teacher and Chair of Governors will look at each request individually. Previous holidays, attendance and the child's class work will all be taken into account when making the final decision.

Please note:
No leave will be granted for any child in Year 2 or Year 6.
No leave will be granted for any child who has any 'unauthorised' absences.

Penalty notices will also be issued for ‘regular’ unauthorised absences – any absence other than illness will be ‘unauthorised.’ If children who attend Nursery are absent for a period of time for anything other than illness, they will be removed from the Nursery Register and their place will be given to another child. This is because children may be waiting for Nursery places and we cannot leave them vacant.