My son had an accident (Long and complicated story, involving toilet bleach in his eye), and went to minor injuries, and dh was told he needed to take him to an eye specialist for 8.30 am the following day for a check up and a closer look, and gave him a letter to take to school because he had several end of year exams.
The school told them that he had to come and sit the exams, as he would not be able to sit them another day. He could do his exam at home but it would not be marked.
Can a school really do this if a child is injured and has to go to hospital? Son went straight to school after seeing the eye specialist, and sat two exams with an eye patch and in pain, but missed out on taking his maths paper. So he will not get a maths grade.
I am beginning to have second thoughts we made a right choice about his school.
This is just one aspect of rigid nonsense we have experienced in this year.
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If your child is in hospital, can school really refuse to let them sit the exam on another day?
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QuintessentiallyQS · 13/06/2014 11:19
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