School Long-Term Pupil Sickness Return Record

Confirm that the pupil is of compulsory school age, has been recorded with code I, and is reasonably expected to miss 15 school days consecutively or cumulatively because of sickness.

• Tick when complete

Enter the name of the maintained or academy school.

Enter the school's postal address.

Enter the school's internal reference for this record, if used.

Enter the school year in which the continuous sickness period occurs, for example 2026/27.

Enter the date on which this record is completed.

Enter the pupil's full legal name.

Enter the pupil's current home address for the return.

Enter the school's admission number or other internal pupil identifier.

Enter the pupil's date of birth if required by the local authority's return process.

Confirm the attendance record includes code I for illness.

• Tick when complete

Enter the first date of the continuous sickness period covered by this record.

Enter the expected return date if one has been identified. Leave blank if it is not known.

Select whether the expected absence is consecutive, cumulative, or both within the relevant sickness assessment.

Enter the number of school days the pupil is reasonably expected to miss because of sickness. The return condition is 15 or more days.

Summarise the information available to the school that supports the expectation that the pupil will miss 15 school days consecutively or cumulatively because of sickness. Do not include unnecessary clinical detail.

Confirm after checking the school's records. If another return already exists for the same continuous sickness period, do not create a duplicate return.

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Enter the local authority to which the return is to be provided.

Select the route used or intended for providing the return to the local authority.

Select the current status. Complete the submission date and evidence fields only when applicable.

Complete this field if the return has been submitted or provided.

Enter the named recipient, team or service to which the return was provided, if known.

Record the available evidence of submission, such as a portal confirmation reference, secure-email record or local-authority receipt. Do not upload documents here.

Record any outstanding action, correction or confirmation required in relation to the local-authority submission.

Enter the name of the person completing this record.

Enter the role or job title of the person completing this record.

Enter the date on which this record was completed or updated.

Confirm that the recorded details have been checked before the record is retained or submitted.

• Tick when complete