# Staff leave requests

Use staff leave requests in the school workspace. Keep staff leave requests and student absence reports in their respective review workflows.

Category: People
Guide: https://avkul.in/docs/guides/screen-school-staff-leave/
Guided sample demo: https://avkul.in/docs/demo/screen-school-staff-leave/
Snapshot: 11 October 2026

## Features

- Approve
- Decline
- Self-service: apply for leave (resolves the caller's own staff profile)
- Self-service: my own leave history
- Admin: pending leave requests awaiting a decision
- Admin: approve or reject a leave request

## Access and setup

Intended access: Assigned account with the required permissions
- A school account with the permissions shown below.
- Choose the relevant school, academic session or child before working.

Permission keys: hr:view, hr:update

## Workflow

1. Choose staff leave or student absence reporting.
2. Enter the applicable dates and reason.
3. Submit or review through the permitted role.
4. Check the final decision and attendance impact.

## Fields and controls

- Book the suggested stand-ins, not just plan them

## Current limits

- Staff and student approval rules differ. The family view resolves linked-child ownership.

## Actual application access

- https://avkul.in/en/school/staff-leave

## API reference

- POST /api/v1/leave/apply — Self-service: apply for leave (resolves the caller's own staff profile); Authenticated scope
- GET /api/v1/leave/mine — Self-service: my own leave history; Authenticated scope
- GET /api/v1/leave/pending — Admin: pending leave requests awaiting a decision; hr:view
- PATCH /api/v1/leave/:id/decision — Admin: approve or reject a leave request; hr:update

## Demo access

No login is required for the guided sample demo. Its fictional records and actions stay in this browser tab; they do not modify ERP records or send messages/payments. An assigned account is required for the actual ERP links.

Source inventory checked on 11 October 2026. This source inventory is not a certification of every external provider or device flow.