Would you be a little put out by this?

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Getting a note at the end of term advising me that teacher x is having her last day at school. This teacher taught ds last year and he worshiped her. Would have been nice to have opportunity to say goodbye etc.

Yes it would, but you don't know the circumstances in which she's leaving.

Might not be a simple 'got another job and has given a term's notice' (eg some crisis in her personal life which forces her to resign to spend time at home).

Your DS will deal with it in time I'm sure. Don't mean to soudn harsh but kids do move on pretty quickly!

sonnybeaudelaire makes a good point... it could be that the teacher doesn't really want to leave, and would get very upset if dozens of children came to say goodbye.

On the other hand it would be nice for your son to be able to say goodbye. Could he make her a goodbye/thank you card, and you post it to her (through the school if you can't find the address)?

It might be that the teacher has given a term's notice but didn't want the children to klnow.

Good practice for teachers is to disclose to pupils at the last possible moment, usually the last day.

There will be a reason why her leaving is either a) last-minute (illness/disciplinary) or b) been kept quiet for the required half-term notice period (she didn't want people to know/ the school didn't want parents panicking about a mid-year teacher switch).
Whichever it is, there's not much you can do about it. I bet your son forgets all about it in a flash. It would be worse if it was his current teacher, but this is from last year? Sounds as if you're feeling more about it than he is.

I do understand your shock though. I always find it difficult to leave a teaching job out of personal loyalty/responsiblity to some group of kids or other and its why i don't move on that often.

I hope that she does realise how much she will be missed...