Parent absence request teachers approve short leave, leadership handles longer
Parents request absence for their child with quick reason chips, free-text detail and a calendar. Short requests are approved by the teacher — above the school's threshold the system automatically escalates to leadership. Approved absence registers instantly on the student record and in the class calendar.
Quick reason chips
Sickness, doctor, dentist, family event, vacation or religious holiday — one tap instead of a text field.
Free-text detail
Parents can add a short reason so the teacher understands the context without a phone call.
Pick duration in a calendar
Mark a single day or a full range — the system calculates school days automatically.
Auto-escalation for longer leave
Above the school's limit the request escalates to leadership — parents never need to know the rules.
Routed through messaging
Request, decision and note all live in one thread — easy to find for both home and school.
Notified on decision
Parent and teacher are notified the moment something is approved or rejected — with the reason note.
In the classroom
Dentist on Tuesday morning
Parent picks 'Dentist', sets the date, teacher approves — the pupil is marked absent for the relevant lessons.
One week family holiday
Above-threshold request auto-escalates to the head — no email thread, clean decision with a note.
Sickness reported at 06:50
Parent taps 'Sickness' from the phone — registered instantly, the teacher sees it in the class register.
Parents and teachers — one tool, different jobs
Request leave from the phone in 15 seconds. See in real time which rules the school enforces, so you don't waste time on a request that gets rejected. Get a notification with the reason when a decision is made.
- Reason chips with automatic duration calculation
- Visible status: pending / approved / rejected
- Decision note explains rejections
- Whole thread is kept in the home–school log
The teacher's queue only shows requests within the school's threshold — anything else escalates automatically. Leadership sees longer requests in one place, decides with one click and keeps a full audit trail for the attendance register.
- Approve in one click — or reject with a reason
- Auto-escalation above the threshold
- Doctor's-note requirements shown in the form
- Per-request audit feeding statutory reporting
Research & regulatory base
The absence module is built on Danish legislation, STIL's technical requirements and international research on chronic absenteeism.
- Børne- og Undervisningsministeriet (2024). Folkeskoleloven §39 — undervisningspligt og fravær. Retsinformation source
- Børne- og Undervisningsministeriet (2024). Bekendtgørelse om elevers fravær i folkeskolen. Retsinformation source
- Børne- og Undervisningsministeriet (2023). Vejledning om indberetning af ulovligt fravær og standsning af børneydelse. uvm.dk source
- Styrelsen for IT og Læring (STIL) (2024). Fraværsregisteret — teknisk specifikation. viden.stil.dk source
- Gottfried, M. A. (2014). Chronic absenteeism and its effects on students' academic and socioemotional outcomes. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 19(2)
- OECD (2023). PISA 2022 Results (Vol. II): Learning during — and from — disruption. OECD Publishing source
- Department for Education (UK) (2023). Working together to improve school attendance — statutory guidance. gov.uk source
- European Parliament & Council (2016). Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) — Article 5: data minimisation & purpose limitation. EUR-Lex source
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