Self certification of illness: for absences due to short-term illness. Medical evidence is required for absences longer than 5 days or if your illness means you will miss an assessment. Forms must be completed before the first missed teaching session starts.

Exceptional absence request: for reasons other than illness. Evidence is required for all requests. Unless the situation requiring absence is an emergency (and supported as such by the evidence), this form should be completed at least two weeks prior to the requested absence date.

Partial day absence: This applies where there are two or more teaching sessions scheduled on the same day and absence is being requested from only one of them.