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What some teachers have to deal with .....

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TalkinPeace2 · 04/12/2012 18:27

Just checking out a school website / Dfee information for DH.
I have never seen this on the web page of a Primary school before

Attendance
The class with the best attendance each week will be awarded £2.50 to put towards enrichment activities at the end of the year. We colour band our attendance
Gold = 95%-100%
Green = 90% - 95%
Amber = 80-90%
Red = Below 80%
Please arrive on time for school. Children need to be in the line at 8:55am. School starts at 9:00am. School finishes at 3:15pm
Please be on time to collect your child.
When your child has a medical or dental appointment, it is important that you bring the appointment card to the School Office to confirm the absence from school

It makes me realise how cushy even the rougher schools round here are!

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BoundandRebound · 04/12/2012 18:31

I don't understand what you're pointing out sorry

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Greensleeves · 04/12/2012 18:32

what?

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BoundandRebound · 04/12/2012 18:34

By which I mean that's just an attendance policy which is pretty standard, apart from the money, in all schools.

I was honestly expecting this to be about children throwing chairs at teachers, brandishing knives, hitting out you know, the type of stuff that teachers do actually have to deal with in some schools

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pELFicFloorClenchReminder · 04/12/2012 18:35

I thought it was going to be a complaint about parents!

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TalkinPeace2 · 04/12/2012 18:36

80% class attendance - in a Primary. ....
Do you really think that is normal?
Schools get heavy grief from Ofsted if it goes under 95%
And demanding proof for medical appointments - have you ever had to do that?

This school has over 50% FSM

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BeataNoxPotter · 04/12/2012 18:38

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MirandaWest · 04/12/2012 18:38

Because it says levels of attendance down to below 80% it doesn't mean that many do have levels that low.

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Greensleeves · 04/12/2012 18:39

The figure is presumably for individual children and individual classes, not the school as a whole. There are many reasons why a child's attendance drops, it does not necessarily mean they are "rough".

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Greensleeves · 04/12/2012 18:40

Oh, FSM. Clearly the children are all feral then Biscuit

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FestiveWench · 04/12/2012 18:42

Even children in middle class areas can have 80% attendance.
MC children have serious illnesses too ...

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TalkinPeace2 · 04/12/2012 18:43

Greensleeves - the children are not feral - the parents are.
As per my OP, it is per class - I presume to get peer pressure to make people come in.

Its the proof for medical appointments that really surprised me - does your school ask for that?

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ihearsounds · 04/12/2012 18:50

Yes all the primary and secondary schools my dc's have attended have had to provide evidence of medical appointments.
This is nothing new. When I was in school in the 80's, proof of appointments was needed.

Aside from the financial incentive I fail to see the problem.

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Greensleeves · 04/12/2012 18:52

the parents are feral? Do you know them all?

Have another Biscuit. They're free.

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TalkinPeace2 · 04/12/2012 18:58

fair enough.
I clearly live in far too cushy an area
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TheDreadedFoosa · 04/12/2012 18:59

Our primary schools has the same sort of thing (though not the financial incentive, which as has been said is neither here nor there).

So you would assume feral parenting here too?

You might be right, but its a fantastic school, very well regarded.

You've over-thought this one...

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TheDreadedFoosa · 04/12/2012 19:00

Lol@ op. You ninnyhamer.

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SunflowersSmile · 04/12/2012 19:00

Sounds fine to me...

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dinkybinky · 04/12/2012 19:02

Its a sad day when you have to bribe children to attend school. Take them to India for a week and show them children desperate for a chance to have an education.

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Amblin · 04/12/2012 19:02

that wont cost &2.50 and to be honest its like saying " they are starving in cambodia"

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Amblin · 04/12/2012 19:03

loads of jobs have financial incentives to encourage team work etc


is that bribery too?

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