To ask if you’d let your kids miss school in this situation?

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If you had had to move very suddenly and didn’t have enough money until the end of the month to get them to school?

(Not my situation, BTW, this isn’t a thread requesting funds.)

Can the school help with transport?

No... I'd try to work my way round it somehow.

How far away is the school?

What are the options for traveling?

Are they going to move schools to be closer to their new home?

I don’t know, probably wouldn’t ask.

One child is gcse age so not wanting to move.

Need more info re area you live in and age of children. In London children travel free, but obviously depends on their ages. If they are too young to travel independently, of course it wouldn't make a difference as you would need to pay to travel.

How long would they be missing school and what's the reason for the sudden move? A couple of days because of a sudden, unexpected breakup of parents relationship, or a death.. Maybe. Longer, or a move that isn't particularly emotional, nope.

No and definitely not for gcse age. I’d contact the school, borrow money off family or a good friend.

None available to help, charles and there’s no way they will contact the school.

why wouldn't you ask?

I’d do everything I could for them not to, but if all else failed then I’d have to. I’d be open with the school about the situation though, firstly in the hope that they might be able to help with transport but if not I’d ask for some reading or work for the child (I know teachers don’t generally like to be asked for that when children are taking term time holidays but I’d regard this as a different situation).

End of the month as in one week?

Guessing the reason for move is traumatic if it's sudden? This could be a mitigating circumstance.

Can they afford new school uniform?

So if the child is doing their GCSEs, what's the plan moving forward? They can't just miss school everytime they don't have the money to travel.

Will the secondary student be eligible for free travel? If you contact the school and explain they can advise/help you

Sorry, just seen that they won't contact the school. Could you do it on their behalf? GCSE year is too important to miss unnecessary weeks of school

No, wouldn’t be appropriate at all.

I think going forwards there should be enough to cover travel in the future, just not now.

It would depend on the reason for the sudden move - if that was more beneficial to the children than attending school for the week.

If there is no money, there is no money. You can’t get blood from a stone. As long as there is money for attendance moving forward (next pay/benefit day)

How far away is the school?

About 20 miles

I suppose it depends on the reason for the move and how far away school is. Is there a way you can explain to school so they understand?

No, it isn’t really schools business (not intended to sound like an arse, just that person is very keen for school not to be involved.)

The reasons for the move ... well, they aren’t really relevant, are they? They’ve moved and now there’s this situation.

I would be contacting the school in this situation so they can complete appropriate safeguarding. Growing up a lot of my friends’ parents would use this excuse to keep girls from school because they didn’t want to ‘waste’ money on sanitary products for them. It wasn’t long before these girls slipped from the radar altogether and the next time I saw them they were married and pregnant in a foreign country.

About 20 miles

In that case, I'd be wanting to transfer them.

I would prioritise the GCSE child, can they walk if it's less than an hour, cycle? Can the transport money be found or borrowed? I would tell the school that the other children are ill to avoid a fine.

Won’t the school want to know where the child is though? I can understand not wanting to say, but surely it’s bound to come out one way or another?

I hope they can get sorted out, anyway. It sounds like a very stressful situation to be in.