To be posed off re: this letter about DS's attendance (another not attend parenting class)

[HackerFucker22]

Got a letter today and as DS only has 92% attendance I have been invited to attend a parenting 'attendance and punctuality' class. Letter read along the lines of "as a school we are striving to keep attendance at 96% and your child falls below this"

All fine except DS is 3.6yo, in preschool and has only just gone full time (he got a FT place end of January but shouldn't be FT until September). The killer us being in the preschool doesn't guarantee him a place in the actual school. Sadly school is very oversubscribed and I am doubtful he'll get a place past few years even siblings have been on the waiting list

The letter was addressed to me (well "parent of baby hackerfucker22") so it wasn't a standard letter.

Am I right to be pissed off that we're being pulled up on attendance when he isn't even at the school and unlikely to get a place. Why should his good attendance benefit the school he won't even be able to attend?

He had a whole week off in late January due to a virus was far too ill to attend school, temperature on and off for 5 days, vomiting etc and another 2 days due to a cough / cold. The teacher recommended he didn't come in as he 'wasn't himself and seemed off colour'

Good grief. How ridiculous.

I'd decline the meeting.

I don't think schools can take advantage of the DfE/Ofsted excuse when they put in place crappy ideas like this. The DfE doesn't order them to set up patronising parenting classes, nor does it order them to send out stupid letters to parents of children under school age when they know the children have been off for perfectly good reasons.

Hilarious. You should go to exactly 96% of the class during which you should just stare at the teacher with an incredulous look on your face x

As someone who challenges poor attendance for a living: YANBU!

I'm surprised you received this from pre school. I suppose start as you mean to carry on...