Apology Letter to Teacher: 18+ Templates

Expressing an apology 🙇 with the right choice of words can be quite challenging. An apology must be accurately curated so that it does not complicate things further. 

Writing the right apology letter can be filled with many complicated decisions. Many young students 👨‍💻 struggle to compose an apt apology letter to their teachers. A short and accurate solution to all your worries is mentioned here. 

Save yourself the energy and time to understand the format and content of an apology letter 📄 by giving a read to all the insights given below.

What to Write in Apology Letter to a Teacher 

How to go about an apology letter? Swipe down 👇 to get your hands on all the content that you can write in your apology letter. 

  • Use the right salutation at the beginning of an apology letter. Missing out on the salutations can dampen the situation even more. 
  • The apology is the central focus of the 📝 letter. Write about your mistakes clearly and directly. Instead of exaggerating the reasons that led you to make the mistakes, give more emphasis on the apology statements.
  • Reflection on your mistakes is another core part of the apology letter. It adds more weight to your apology. This part must show your thorough understanding of the mistake.
  • Writing 🖊️ a substantial statement to grow and prevent such mistakes in the future is the right way to close the body of the letter. This can include the moral learning you have derived from this mistake. 
  • Therefore, write about your learnings from these mistakes and mention the steps 👣 that you will take for betterment. 

How to Write an Apology Letter to a Teacher (Tips)

Here’s a clear guide to what are the do’s and don’ts for writing an apology letter to the teacher. 

Acceptance and Apology

To begin the content of your apology letter, the first step is to accept the mistake and make a clear apology to the respected 👩‍🏫 teacher. This is undoubtedly the most important step.

Be Straightforward and Formal

A straightforward and formal tone is the right ✅ way to guide this letter in the best direction. It gives clarity and sets the ideal tone. 

Leave No Space for Excuses

There should be no room for excuses or justification in your apology letter. Excuses can form a negative impression on the teacher. Therefore, avoid the mention of any lame excuses.

Take Responsibility for Your Actions

Instead of blaming any third party, take complete responsibility for your actions. This will show your willingness 🫡 to apologize for the better. It also sets a better impression on your teacher. 

Writing in First Person is a Must

The word I will show your dedication to being direct and responsible for your mistakes. It also creates a straightforward line 🖋️ of communication between the student and the teacher. 

Bringing the Teacher into the Courtroom is a Big No

However, the situation may be, a student must not 🚫 question or put allegations on the teacher directly or indirectly. Doing that will kill the main goal of the letter. 

Assurance of No such Mistakes in the Future

A rigid statement to assure the teacher that no such mistakes will be repeated by you in the future is necessary. This part must sound genuine 🔆 and should come out from the heart. 

Promise to Grow 

In an overall context, make a promise to have a better understanding of the situation from now onwards and such your interest to grow ✨ for the betterment of yourself and others. Your teacher should trust that you will no longer be making the mistakes you did. 

Letter Template: 1

Apology Letter to the Teacher

To
Ms. Julia Roberts
Mathematics Professor
Don Bosco School

Date – 9/12/2019

Sub – Apology Letter

Respected Mam,

I would like to take a moment of your to apologize for my behavior in the previous lecture that you took. I am really regretting the way I talked to you but I promise this won’t be repeated. 

I have been really tense because of certain family issues which are going on for a while and hence lost my temper that day.

I understand that my behavior is unacceptable and hence I am open to get any punishment for the same and I want to give you in writing that you won’t be hearing any other complaints from my side. 

Kindly forgive me the first time and give me an opportunity to correct what I did wrong and I will make sure I miss no lectures of you and behave properly with all the teachers and students.

Regards & Apologies

Bet Jones

Junior College

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Letter Template: 2

Teacher Apology Letter

To 
Alan Jose
Principal
Houston State School

Date – 9/12/2019

Sub – Apology for misconduct on the college campus

Respected Sir,

I beg your pardon for the incident that happened last week.

I understand that the behaviors that I and my two batchmates showed were inappropriate and it will lead us to serious issues.

I understand that we should have escalated the issue to the school management instead of getting into a physical fight which led to the destruction of school property and also that the watchman had to suffer from the injury which lucky are minor but our action would have caused major ones.

I want to apologize for the misconduct and I assure you that anything of this kind will never take place again. We will make sure that we act like adults and think before we act.

Kindly revoke your decision to expel us as it will not give us a chance to make things rights that we have ruined. You can suspend us and then also punish us to get started with social work or cleaning, we will bear all this but we don’t want to risk our career. I am really apologetic for our mistake but we promise we will never repeat this.

Regards

Dan Brown

State College Houston

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Letter Template: 3

Teacher Apology Letter

Respected Sir,

I understand that I have failed as a student and as a class representative. The students revolting against the Science teacher for a minor mistake is totally unacceptable and we are ready to accept any kind of punishment that you will give us.

The students agitated and started shouting which broke the silence in the lobby and also disturbed the ongoing lectures in the senior classes. This misconduct is not something that will go unnoticed and hence we want to apologize from the bottom of our hearts and request everyone to give us a chance to improve and rectify the mistake that we did.

I know this does question our ethics but we want to make sure that we respect the science professor very much and this apology is to her as well for disrespecting her presence in the class and questing her expertise. Kindly give us one opportunity to correct this. 

Looking forward to hearing from you.

With apologies and regards

Julia

Class Representative

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Letter Template: 4

Teacher Apology Letter

Dear Teacher,

I am deeply sorry for cheating on the mathematics test that we had in the class the other day.

I am well aware that this behavior is against the school rules and it breaks the discipline and decorum of the school. It is a behavior that lets the whole classroom down. I also portrayed a very bad image or I should say a disobedient image of myself which caused me too much stress and guilt on the last day.

I have realized that I should have studied hard and should have been honest about my status in the exam to avoid this bad behavior and the situation of cheating.

I am asking for your forgiveness and I promise that this incident will not happen again. Moving forward, I will study hard to make sure that I not only sit for the exams without cheating but also pass with the best grades. I will make sure that you don’t regret this decision of yours and I will be 100& honest in the upcoming tests.

Kindly accept my apologies and give me a chance to change.

Sincerely

Jerry Thomas

Class 7

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Letter Template: 5

Apology Letter to Teacher

Respected Sir

I am very apologetic for my absence from class for the last week. I know the days cant be compensated but accept my apologies.

I was very very sick and was on complete bed rest for the last week. I was suffering from food poisoning and it actually was really bad as I was on saline for the last 3 days and hence it made me really weak to step out of the house. I am currently recovering and will be back in the class from mid of the week.

I know that you had mentioned the test which you were planning to take on this Thursday, but as mentioned above I won’t be able to attend it. But the importance of this test was mentioned by you earlier and I don’t want to lose a big chunk of marks soI want to request you to give me a chance to write the exam after I am back in school.

I have been a regular student in the last semester and was amongst one the toppers so kindly accept this as a special case.

Looking forward to knowing your decision. Also please find my reports for reference.

Regards

Julia Roberts

Standard 8th

Houston State School

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Letter Template: 6

Apology Letter Template for Students

[Name of the sender]

[Designation of the respective person]

To,

[Name of addressee]

Subject: apology letter template for students: Requesting Forgiveness for Misbehaviour

Respected sir/ma’am,

I am [mention the name of the sender] a student of your well-known institute. I am writing this letter to apologize for my miserable behavior inside the school area this morning. As I am new to this school and it has only been [mention a duration] months I was not properly aware of the rules and regulations of the school premises.

I am really sorry for my behavior and the blunder that I have caused and which has created so many problems. I would be very grateful to you if you kindly forgive me and give me one last chance. I know I have caused huge chaos in the school premises which you had to take care of even though you said not to do something that will cause trouble. I am aware that my actions are totally against the school rules and I apologize for the same. 

I know I have ruined my good image in front of you and the whole school and created a bad image of myself for misbehaving which has caused me too much stress. If you forgive this first and last time I promise to never disrespect you or your decision and focus on my behavior more. I understand that for me you had to face so many consequences just because I misbehaved inside the school premises. 

I would be grateful to you if you consider giving me another chance to prove myself. I deeply apologize for my bad behavior and I promise to never do something like that ever again. I will always obey the rules and regulations of the school and I will never indulge myself in such things. Kindly forgive me sir/ma’am.

Thanking you

Yours sincerely,

[Name of the sender]

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Letter Template: 7

Apology Letter for Misconduct in School Premises

[Name of the sender]

[Designation of the respective person]

To,

[Name of addressee]

Subject: apology letter template for students 

Respected sir/ma’am,

I [mention the name of the sender] a student of [mention the name of the institute] currently in [mention the standard] standard am writing this letter to apologize for my behavior inside the school premises. I know I have committed a serious mistake but I promise not to involve myself in such problematic situations ever again.

I am really sorry for my behavior and the mess that was caused by me. I would be very grateful to you if you consider giving me another chance. I know I have caused huge chaos in the school premises which you had to take care of even though you said not to do something that will cause trouble. I am aware that my actions are totally against the school rules and I apologize for the same. 

I know you had a good image of me which ruined me and created a bad image of myself which has caused me too much stress. If you forgive this first and last time I promise to never disrespect you or your decision and focus on my behavior more. I understand that for me you had to face so many consequences just because I misbehaved inside the school premises. 

I would be very thankful if you consider giving me another chance to prove myself. I deeply regret my behavior and I promise it will never happen again. Again I am so sorry sir/ ma’am for my actions. I promise to never repeat them. I will always obey the rules and regulations of the school and I will never indulge myself in such things.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

[Name of the sender]

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Letter Template: 8

Apology Letter Template for Misbehavior in School

[Name of the sender]

[Designation of the respective person]

To,

[Name of addressee]

Subject: apology letter template for students 

Respected sir/ma’am,

I am [mention the name of the sender] a student of your well-known institute. I am writing this letter to apologize for my misbehavior inside the school premises today. As I am new to this school and it has only been [mention a duration] months I was not properly aware of the rules and regulations of the school premises.

I know that my behavior in the school was totally unacceptable, and I deeply regret my actions. I promise that was totally unintentional, and I will never do anything like that ever again. I was not at all going to do [mention the mistake that the sender caused] but out of curiosity, I did that. Later I realized that I shouldn’t have done something like that, no matter what.

I am really sorry for my behavior and the mess that I caused. I would be very grateful to you if you consider giving me another chance. I promise never to let you down or let the school’s name down no matter what. Now that I have learned from my mistake, I have realized that we should not do anything without knowledge and guidance. Before doing something, we must have a proper idea or it will cause problems in the future.

I learned that it is against the rules and regulations of the school and I promise never to repeat it. As a new student, I was unaware and I hope you will understand my situation and kindly forgive me this last time for my behavior. I request you to kindly reduce my punishment as I was totally unknown to all the rules and regulations. 

Thanking you 

Yours sincerely,

[Name of the sender]

Apology Letter Template for Students

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Letter Template: 9

Apology Letter Template for Students

[Name of the sender]

[Designation of the respective person]

To,

[Name of addressee]

Subject: apology letter template for students 

Respected sir/ma’am,

I [mention the name of the sender] a student of [mention the name of the institute] currently in [mention the standard] standard am writing this letter to apologize for my behavior in the school premises. I know I have committed a serious mistake but I promise not to indulge in such things again.

I will not blame anyone for my misbehavior, what I did was totally unacceptable, and I don’t know how I was being so irresponsible. I know I have caused huge chaos on the school premises, which you had to take care of even though you said not to do something that would cause trouble.

You warned all of us and said you had an important meeting in your office, but because of my irresponsible behavior, you had to leave in between the meeting to solve the problem.

A school is a place where everyone gets to learn something new each day, and as a student, I promise to behave properly and stay in discipline and learn new things. I have learned from my mistake, and you can believe me.

I promise to behave more appropriately and be more responsible. I sincerely regret my behavior, and I hope you will forgive me and give me another chance.

I am so sorry, sir/ ma’am, for my actions. I promise never to repeat them. I will always obey the rules and regulations of the school, and I will never indulge in such things.

I promise to behave properly in the school, and as a student of a well-known institute, I promise never to do something which will hamper the school’s name.

Thanking you

Yours sincerely,

[Name of the sender]

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Template: 10

Apology Letter to Teacher for Not Doing Homework

[Name of the sender]

[Designation of the respective person]

To,

[Name of addressee]

Subject: Letter to Apologize for Not Doing Homework

Respected sir/madam,

This letter is to apologize to Mr/Mrs/Ms [mention the name of your school teacher or the subject teacher according to you] for not submitting my homework on time. I want t to apologize for not doing my given homework by you.

I was not present in the city, after coming from school, I had to go out with my parents to my relative’s house, so I couldn’t do my given homework.

I came home late and after coming back I fall asleep. [Give our reason for not doing the homework; this is an example given by our side]. 

Please forgive me, ma’am, for not doing my homework on time; I promise I will take care of it in the future and will try not to repeat it again. Kindly, consider my problem and forgive me for not doing my homework.

Lastly, I would like to say I hope you will accept my apology for not doing homework and forgive me. 

Thanking you

Yours faithfully,

[Name of the Sender]

Apology Letter to Teacher for Not Doing Homework

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Letter Template: 11

Apology Letter to Teacher for Not Doing Homework

[Name of sender]

[Designation of the respective person]

To,

[Name of addressee]

Subject: Letter to Apologize for Not Doing Homework

Respected sir/madam,

I [mention the name of the sender] of class [mention the class of the sender] of [mention the name of the school the sender studies] and write this letter to apologize for not doing my homework and submitting it on time.

I am really sorry sir/ma’am for not being able to submit the homework on time even after you said repeatedly to submit it on [mention the date on which the homework was supposed to be submitted].

The reason why I couldn’t submit my homework on time was that on the day on which you gave us the homework, I had to go to [mention the name of another city] to my [mention the name of a relative of the sender’s] house as there was a family issue and I got back from there yesterday.

Because of this, I couldn’t complete the homework you gave us. I know that the homework contained a great portion of our internal marks, yet I didn’t complete it on time. Kindly forgive me, ma’am/sir, for being unable to submit the work.

I promise never to repeat this kind of mistake ever again. I know that I should not give excuses for not completing my homework but believe me, sir/ma’am, just because I was out of the city I couldn’t submit it on time.

Do consider my apology and forgive me this time. I promise I will submit all the homework on time from now onwards. I have attached my application for being absent from [mention the date from which the sender was absent] to [mention the date till which the sender was absent]. Kindly read it. I hope you will accept my apology and take my homework.

Thanking you

Yours faithfully,

[Name of the Sender]

Apology Letter to Teacher for Not Doing Homework

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Letter Template: 12

Apology Letter to Teacher for Not Doing Homework

[Name of the sender]

[Designation of the respective person]

To,

[Name of addressee]

Subject: Letter to Apologize for Not Doing Homework

Respected Sir/Madam,

I [mention the name of the sender], a student of [mention the name of the sender’s school] of class [mention the class of the sender], am writing this letter to apologize for not being able to complete my homework and submit it on time.

I am extremely sorry sir/ma’am for not being punctual and being able to submit the homework on time even after you repeatedly said to submit it on [mention the date on which the homework was supposed to be submitted].

The day on which you gave us the homework, I had to go to [mention the name of another city] to my [mention the name of a relative of the sender] house as [mention the reason why the sender had to go to his/her relative’s house] and I just got back from there yesterday. After reaching home, I fell asleep and couldn’t complete the homework you gave us.

I know that the homework contained 5% of our internal marks, yet I didn’t complete it on time. Please forgive me, ma’am/sir, for being unable to submit the work. I promise to never repeat this kind of mistake ever again in the future.

I know that I should not give excuses for not completing my homework but believe me, sir/ma’am, just because I was out of the city I couldn’t submit it on time.

Do consider my apology and forgive me this time, as you know that I am a very hard-working student, and this is the first time I cannot submit the homework on time; I promise I will submit all the homework on time from now onwards.

I have attached my application for being absent from [mention the date from which the sender was absent] to [mention the date till which the sender was absent]. Kindly give it a read. I hope you will accept my apology and take my homework.

Thanking you

Yours faithfully,

[Name of the Sender]

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Template: 13

Apology Letter to Teacher for Fighting in Class

[Name of the sender]

[Designation of the respective person]

To,

[Name of addressee]

Subject: Letter to Apologize for Fighting in Class/office

Dear [candidate name],

This letter is regarding my apology to [mention the name of the person to whom you are apologizing]. I would like to apologize to you for fighting with you at the office/school. I didn’t mean to do that. I was not in my state when we were arguing, I am genuinely sorry for my action.

You have been a classmate/colleague for so long and one of me very close. I don’t want to break our relationship due to this problem.

I know I have made a huge mistake by fighting with you but I genuinely didn’t mean anything against you. I hope you will understand and accept my apology for this. You are a great friend to me, I remember each and every moment of our class/office.

I promise you I will take care of it from now, and will not repeat it again to any person. I hope you will forgive me, and we will be the same as before. 

Lastly, please accept my apology and forgive me; I will shortly come to meet you. I hope you will forgive me for fighting with you.

Thanking you

With love,

[Name of the sender]

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Apology Letter for Fighting in Class

[Write the Sender’s Address]

[Write Designation/class of the sender]

[Write Name of the company/ institution]

 [Write Contact details of the sender]

[Write the Date of sending the letter]

To,

[Write the Receiver’s Name]

[Write the Receiver’s Address]

[Write the name of the company /institution]

Sub: To Apologize for Fighting

Dear Mr./ Mrs./ Ms. [Write the name of whomsoever it is concerned to]

The sole purpose of this letter is to express my apology to [mention the name of the person to whom you are apologizing] for my misconduct. I would like to apologize to you for fighting with you at the office/school (Write details). I had no intention to do that in the first place.

I was not in my right state of mind when we were arguing because of (Write details). Hence, I feel much regret my action. You have been a classmate/colleague of mine for so long and one of my close friends.

I don’t want to ruin our relationship due to my misconduct. I know I have made a grave mistake by indulging in a fight with you, but I genuinely didn’t have anything against you. I hope you understand my problem and accept my sincere apology for this.

You are a good friend to me; I remember every moment of our togetherness at class/office.

I can assure you that I will take care of it from now on and will not repeat this again in the future. I hope you will forgive me this time, and we will be the same good friends like before. 

Lastly, please accept my sincerest apology and forgive me; I will come to meet you very soon. I hope you will forgive me for fighting with you.

Thanking you,

With regards,

[Name of the sender]

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Apology Letter for Fighting in School

[Write the Sender’s Address]

[Write Designation/class of the sender]

[Write Name of the company/ institution]

 [Write Contact details of the sender]

[Write the Date of sending the letter]

To,

[Write the Receiver’s Name]

[Write the Receiver’s Address]

[Write the name of the company /institution]

Sub: Apologizing for Fighting

Dear Mr./ Mrs./ Ms. [Write the name of the recipient]

First of all, I want to express my heartfelt apology to [mention the name of the person to whom you are apologizing] for my misbehavior (mention the details). I would like to offer my apology to you for fighting with you at the office/school.

I did not intend to behave like that in the first place. But as I was not in my proper state of mind at that time, when we were arguing because of some problems (mention details), therefore, I feel great sorrow for my shameful action.

You are a classmate/colleague of mine for so long and so, I was really wrong of me to behave like that.

I don’t want to ruin our good friendship due to this misbehavior of mine. I know I have made a serious mistake by indulging in a fight with you for no good reason, but I honestly didn’t have any bad intentions against you. I hope you will be able to understand my problem and accept my apology regarding this.

You are a good friend to me for many years, I cherish every moment of our friendship at class/office. Today, I want to assure you, that I will take care of it from now on, and will not behave like this again anymore. I hope this time, you will forgive me, and we will be the same good friends as before. 

Once again, please accept my sincerest apology and forgive me, I will come to meet you in person very soon. I hope you will consider my request and oblige me.

Thank you very much,

With regards,

[Name of the sender]

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