A formal request or notification to the school is an official letter written by the student or parent to the school to convey any information. In a formal letter from the school, the student or parent can make a request, ask for the school’s permission on an issue or simply make a notification to the school.
Formal letters from students/parents to the school will be carefully considered by school officials. Therefore, before writing to the school, students and parents must understand the school's policies, positions on certain issues and any specific guidelines to follow before writing to the school.
There is no one hard and fast rule when writing a request to the school. Each request would be different depending on the circumstances. Before writing a formal letter of request/notification to the school, you should keep the following points in mind:
1. Polite and Tactful - Always be extremely polite and tactful, no matter how frustrated you are. Don't use abbreviations and slang,
2. Clear and Concise – You should be clear, direct and to the point on what you are requesting or notifying the school about.
3. Courteous and Reasonable – You should be courteous in your tone and reasonable in your request. Put yourself in the position of the school when you write.
4. Accurate and Factual – Any facts provided in your letter should be accurate. Do not exaggerate about what happened or the impact on your child.
The general format for a formal request to school letter is as follows:
1. Contact Details - Your contact details should be displayed prominently at the top of the page so that the school will know how to contact you in response.
2. Date - The date is important to indicate the date on which the letter was written. If there has been no response from the school for a period of time, you are entitled to follow up.
3. Recipient – Are you writing to the school, a school official, a department, a class teacher or the principal? You should associate the recipient's name/position with the school's address.
4. Subject – It is important to indicate the subject of your request or notification in the subject line to clearly show the purpose of this letter. It might be helpful to include the name and class of your child in the subject line as well.
5. Body – You would generally include the following in the body of the letter. (i) introduce yourself (and your child); (ii) state the purpose of the letter; (iii) state any factual information relating to the purpose; (iv) explain the reasoning for your request or notification; and (v) concluding remarks – reiterate your request again or offer a solution to the issue.
6. Thank you – Thank the school in advance for taking care of the issue.
7. Signature - Have the letter signed by the parent and the student.
There are certain specific requests that one would make to the school, for example:
Please refer to the section on school admission.
Please refer to the section on leave application for school.
This should be reserved for more serious complaints/issues. Please refer to the section on leave application for school.
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