My son had chicken pox at the start of the school term, one episode of norovirus around Christmas that was spreading around the school like wildfire, and appendicitis just after the Easter break which he needed surgery for. Which on average is more than a day a fortnight and below 90% attendance, but also unavoidable. Would have been more of a safeguarding issue if I'd sent him for his appendix to burst half way through fucking phonics class.
Now, despite the fact my other two children went to the same school and had 100% attendance during this time, the school were still demanding a f2f meeting about his poor attendance, completely overlooking the very valid reasons why (two provable with gp/hospital notes and the third witnessed by them because they sent him home!) and refusing a phone call.
I simply could not afford to take time off again, i was a single parent of three and had lost wages already looking after my child, I wasn't prepared to miss anymore and told them as such.
They said they were referring to social services, ive no idea if they ever did because I didnt hear anything from them and there was clearly zero safeguarding issue, and no amount of face to face meetings would have prevented my son getting chicken pox/norovirus/appendicitis.
This was 10 years ago now and it still angers me. None of it was about the welfare of my son, it was for their bloody stats. Booking meetings for 11am too so it wasn't even a case of going into work a bit late or dipping out a bit early - literally costing me half a day's wages which back then was my budget for a weeks groceries!
Mean time my sister is a teacher who wouldn't be given time off during the teaching day if she caught on fire!