To want unauthorised children's leave spaces to go to the next place in the queue?

[angelos02]

If you value your children's education so lowly, I assume you don't mind their space being taken?

Pardon???

Is your child on a waiting list by any chance?

What do you mean?

Eh?

Do you mean your dc are on a waiting list for a school and you'd like pupils with unauthorised absences to lose their places so your dc would get a place?

Oh dear.

Ummmmmmm......

Yes, of course YABU.

Yawn

Oh God. It's going to be one of those threads.

Op clearly didn't get first choice despite living in catchment. Child who did has been on a term time holiday. Op now frothing.

OK. A week in disneyland wins. Very educational. Fella that overturned the ruling I his instance already has 2 kids in private schools. Do others have the option?

Well if that child is absent continually then yes, I can see your point

By the way, I don't have any children. Couldn't afford them.

I'm going to Disneyland! has no fucking idea what the OP is on about

So the point of this thread is what??

Sorry I'm unable to fathom your posts.

So not sure Yabu or not.

I have a vague idea that some countries do in fact do this - take away a child's place in a school if there is unauthorised absence. Happy to be corrected.

I have a vague idea that some countries do in fact do this - take away a child's place in a school if there is unauthorised absence. Happy to be corrected.

Yes you are definitely BU, the sins of the fathers much?!

I have a vague idea that some countries do in fact do this - take away a child's place in a school if there is unauthorised absence. Happy to be corrected.

If you don't have kids why on earth do you give a flying fuck about school places? Seriously pre child this would not have even been on the edge of my radar

Why do you care?

I think we can all agree that the best thing for children with a disrupted education, due to reasons beyond their control, is to take their school place away and send them to a school that they have even less chance of getting to regularly.

The father in question won a court battle for taking his daughter to Florida in term time, on the basis, she does not 'regularly' miss school. I'll explain as the OP hasn't