To be concerned I didn't get a call from school today

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Eggandbeans2025 · 16/09/2025 16:24

My dd is in s2 ( I think that's yr 8 in England) And she wasn't at school today due to a injury on her foot ( she can't walk at all on it).

I was under the impression dh would call her school today to let them know she wouldn't be in. He was under the impression I would call them. We fucked up with the lack of communication this morning. The school hasn't called me or dh to let us know she wasn't at school.

She travels for an hr on public transport to get to school ( like most of the school)

I'm i being unreasonable to now be concerned about it. We should've called them this morning but she wasn't at school today without any explanation. Anything could've been wrong and it would only be when she didn't return home we would be aware.

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NotDonna · 16/09/2025 16:29

That is bizarre! I’d give school a call tomorrow and kindly let them know what happened and ask what the normal process is. But I’d be nice about as it could be some odd computer glitch.

Sleepeatcrochetrepeat · 16/09/2025 16:28

Would you expect a call though? My dc secondary school don’t call, they just update an app which parents are expected to look at. It marks them present, late, absent with reason known or absent without reason known. They don’t call unless it’s persistent. Whether or not that’s good I wouldn’t like to say, fortunately I’ve not had to find out. If it’s unusual for your dd then maybe they were less concerned? I can see why you would worry though.

Pricelessadvice · 16/09/2025 16:26

That’s really bad on the schools part. They absolutely should have contacted you if she didn’t turn up for school and they hadn’t heard from you.

MinPinSins · 16/09/2025 16:25

I'm surprised the school doesn't have an automated notification system for this. I thought they all did now! Do they think she's in? Or genuinely have no process for this?

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