Hi. I'm just finding this whole attendance targets/ don't send your children in poorly thing confusing. The policy we got when DD started school stated 95%, if it drops below 90% then action begins. Worst case scenarios are court, fines, prosecution or prison. All sounds abit intimidating!
My DD is in reception. She's 4. She has had one day off in September with a heavy cold.
Two weeks ago she vomited in the car. It was travel sickness but I had to be sure so took her home. That was a wasted day off!
Yesterday she woke up with a dreadful cold. My fears over attendance made me Calpol her up and send her in. I told myself she would be ok. They expect you to send them in. My friends child has been awful for 2 weeks. He's had a bad cold and his cough is terrible. Yet he's not had a single day off with it. This made me think even more I should send mine in. Everyone else's kids are currently full of it and not having time off. Half hour after dropping her off I get a phone call. She's very pale and her eyes are watering, she looks like she needs a day off. So I happily collected her. I explained that I was worried we would be in trouble for poor attendance. The support teacher said we were fine, we would not be penalised and it was authorised. She assured me she could stay home today too if she's Ill. Unfortunately she is still poorly. So she's off again today. So now it's 4 days. I presume her attendance is around 90% now. Will a letter come to us now? Or is the 90% based on the whole year not one term?
Obviously come spring she will be healthier as will all kids. Its just the awful weather and bugs being rife in november-march.
Has anyone ever been punished with fines etc for attendance?
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Shelbygirl15 · 15/11/2019 07:35
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