DS (3.5) is in the nursery class at our local state primary school for 2 or 3 days a week. We recently got a letter from the Head, saying that due to the way that the nursery places are funded, all children are expected to attend 5 mornings a week. Can he really ask us to do this? If full-time education isn't compulsory until age 5, is he really within his rights to demand that a child attends every session? He did say that it didn't matter if a child couldn't attend a particular session but they are expected to attend all 5 when they can. Surely it's not a case of 'my school, my rules', is it?
I am not prepared to send him 5 mornings a week yet, as I think it's way too much for him. I'm not overly concerned because the nursery teacher agrees with me that 5 mornings is too much for DS and she said that she just won't mention that he's only doing 2 or 3 sessions... but I'm just curious as to whether the HT is really entitled to demand this?
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PasstheTwiglets · 15/06/2011 19:59
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