Request an Education Penalty Notice

You can use this form to request an Education Penalty Notice fine for a child or children who have been taken out of school for an:

• unauthorised term time holiday lasting for 10 or more consecutive sessions (Register Code G)
• instance of leave of absence taken without permission lasting for 10 or more consecutive sessions (Register Code O)

To refer cases involving all other types of absence you must use the enforcement referral form.

Before using this form, note that:

• you must be a member of staff in a Stockport school authorised to access pupil records and information about the child
• you can include details of more than one child if they live at the same address; if they do not live at the same address, you’ll need to make one request per child
• you must follow the guidance on identifying and responding to unauthorised holidays or leave of absence
• in the case of separated parents, you must have considered which parent should receive the fine
• details of previous Education Penalty Notices are not required from you, as we will check whether previous fines have been issued within the last 3 years

Before you start

Please log in to Office Online and read Leave of Absence – A Guide for Schools in Stockport for further guidance about:

• how to respond to parental requests for permission for leave of absence
• how to respond to instances of unauthorised leave of absence
• what steps you can take before requesting an Education Penalty Notice

On the form you'll need to tell us:

• details of the unauthorised leave of absence or holiday, including the dates of the first and last days of the period of absence
• your details
• details of the child or children and their parents or carers
• the child or children's Unique Pupil Number(s) (UPN)
• where the child or children live
• details of communications about the absence between school and the parents or carers

You'll need to upload evidence of:

• either the registration certificate report for primary schools or the lesson monitor for secondary schools showing the period of absence for each child
• all leave of absence request forms, letters of response to requests, refusal letters from school, suspected holiday letters, and emails to and from parents or carers
• details of any telephone or face-to-face conversations with the parents or carers and/or child or children

We can accept this evidence in PDF or Word (DOC or DOCX) formats.