To wonder where the school get off?!

[Gossipmonster]

School have sent home a letter outlining new rule tightening around lateness, uniform etc for September. Fair enough (although I can see the skinny trouser ban being a PITA for all parents of girls).

They also state that if your child is off sick they need to be looked after by yourself or another adult - and spot checks will be made. WFT? I (will) have a 16, 14 and 12 yr old (youngest maybe fair enough), work full time and am on my own.

So evey time one of them is ill I am expected to take a day off work?

I think this is ridiculous esp when observing the 48 rule with V and D.

Do the school have a right to stipulate this? .

They're is no legal requirement, ask the school what law they are referring to.

I do wish schools would focus on their primary function of teaching rather than this new fashion for being pseudo SWers, as they just aren't very good at it.

Sooner or later they'll knock on someone's door that won't answer, write a rude letter and then discover the kid was being in the middle of an appendix op or some other SERIOUS health related incident at the time. (kids do die on rare occasion) The parents will be left furious at the school's insensitivity, and the school will lose collective parental goodwill which is priceless in the pursuit of success for any school.

This is one of "those" PR train wrecks waiting to happen for the school.

The usual doctors/parental notes etc should suffice. If a child's absence falls below a certain level they can demand to check medical records anyway. At that point the usual EWO gets involved, and we all KNOW parents can be prosecuted & fines if they are found to have been taking the proverbial.

In the event of illness it's the PARENT who has the legal right to decide what level of supervision is required, where and by whom. A neighbor, cousin, best friend, partner etc is just fine.

I know lots of teens whose parents PREFER them to spend a sick day on