Special Leave Request
Requests for Special Leave can be granted only once in a school year with a limit of 10 school days and should follow the following guidelines:
— All applications should be made a minimum of 2 weeks in advance
— Requests should be accompanied by a letter from your employer where necessary
— Requests in the first two weeks of the school year and for early withdrawal before the end of the school year cannot be considered
— If a member of the family becomes sick during a holiday period and requires additional leave, this must be accompanied by a doctor’s certificate from the country where the sickness occurred
In addition, leave may also be granted for other reasons, as listed below:
— Leave for legal obligations, for example a visit to the IND (immigration), court appearance etc.
— One day leave for religious festivals
— One day leave if a family is moving house
— One day leave for the wedding of close family relatives, additional days may be granted if the wedding is overseas (we kindly ask you to send us a copy of the wedding invitation together with the form).
— Serious illness of close family relatives
— Death of a family relative (up to 4 days)
— Special wedding anniversaries of parents or grandparents (one day) – see below
Special wedding anniversaries are: 60th, 50th, 40th, 25th or 12½.
The following conditions are not good reasons for leave and in normal circumstances will not be considered:
— Family visits to the Netherlands
— Visits to family outside of the Netherlands
— Holidays at non-peak times
— Early leave or late return because of traffic
— Sporting or cultural events
— Non availability of suitable flights etc.
If a Special Leave request is denied by the school and the child is still taken out of school, we have a legal obligation to report this to the Leerplicht Ambtenaar and, in almost every case, legal action will be taken.
To apply for Special Leave, we kindly ask you to fill in the Special Leave Request Form and send it to the office email address: office@rijnlandslyceum-rlw.nl