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we have just been discussing the implications of unatuhorised abscence at our meeting

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poisson · 11/07/2006 20:58

adn our holiday thing is really gettign serious
its 94% - it shoudl be 98%

if it gets too low we can be identified as a failing shcool ON THAT ALONE.
aslo we can inform the edication welfaree officer.
bet some parents woudl find htat MORE shameful than a court summons

and STILl parents take theri kids way in sats week
if you agree witht ehm or not its hardly supporitve of the school

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 11/07/2006 21:00

No. I agree.

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poisson · 11/07/2006 21:01

one parent asked fo a day off to haev a family portrait

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mykidsmum · 11/07/2006 21:01

we have the same problem with lateness at our school, it too is getting serious. I have four kids six and under and have never been late, not once, yet there are parents who do it everyday, you see them dragging their kids along blaming them etc, hardly a nice way to start the day but identify with the failing school bit

Piffle · 11/07/2006 21:02

I'm asking for 2 mths off for ds to go to NZ with his dad
I would never otherwise ask for a holiday in termtime - never have never will.

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poisson · 11/07/2006 21:03

i agree piff one off specail occasions
not three weeks a year fgs

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poisson · 11/07/2006 21:03

id shut the doorsa nd make them have to go throgut he heads office

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edam · 11/07/2006 21:03

Fair point. Would it wake the middle-class parents up if they realised their skiing holiday was as much an unauthorised absence as an ordinary family's week at Butlins, though?

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poisson · 11/07/2006 21:04

dotn they?

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Blu · 11/07/2006 21:04

There are parents at our school who moved nearby to get their kids into a 'good' school, then eff off on term time hols, without a second thought that that will bring down the good ofsted that they were so much in pursuit of.

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poisson · 11/07/2006 21:04

excaerly bluey

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poisson · 11/07/2006 21:05

well we have just had our powers of sentincign to custoday in creased and one fothem it coutns for is

not snuring attendance at school

also whacking a police officer etc etc

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poisson · 11/07/2006 21:05

12 long months!

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mykidsmum · 11/07/2006 21:06

every year my parents pay for us to go on holiday in this country with them. They do this as they know we can't afford to do it ourselves, stay in a nice cottage etc. Due to the price increases they always book it for term time so obviously for the last two years we have had holidays out. I have to admit i have gone from being very blase about it, to telling my parents that unfortunately we won't be able to do it next year for many of the reasons i have seen posted on here. As my children get older I really don't want them to get mixed messages, so it will be camping or nothing for us from now on.

Rowlers · 11/07/2006 21:06

We are too self-interested - no-one cares about cshool stats and % this and that, especially if it means they'll have to pay more for their 2 weeks in tenerife.

Marina · 11/07/2006 21:07

I have always felt this to be wrong and disrespectful to the school tbh.
And what you say here poisson and Blu is proof of why it affects ALL the children and teachers, despite a lot of brave talk about "my family, my choice".
Piffle's example would surely be OKed by the school though in the circumstances?

mykidsmum · 11/07/2006 21:08

much to my dp's relief i must add!!

Rowlers · 11/07/2006 21:08

What naffs me off is the request by parents to set their child work for the two weeks they are away.
No!
Chuff off.

Marina · 11/07/2006 21:17

mykidsmum, we can't afford UK cottage holidays in the school holidays either
We find going to a not very trendy part of Northern France - handy for us admittedly - is about half the price, even with the ferry, of a nice cottage in Cornwall, the Lakes or the Isle of Wight...and gites are often more roomy than traditional English cottages.

mykidsmum · 11/07/2006 21:19

cheers for the tip marina, will look into that for next year

Marina · 11/07/2006 21:21
Wordsmith · 11/07/2006 21:22

What about authorised absence though? At our school you are allowed 10 days authorised absence in term time which is OKd by the head. Do you think that's the same as just not turning up for two weeks, or not having your request authorised but going anyway?

expatinscotland · 11/07/2006 21:26

cheers for the tip, marina. now as i am getting a UK passport, so much easier for us just to jet off to france for a holiday.

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poisson · 11/07/2006 21:26

there a GOVENOR at ours who was refued leave
cosit was sats week and he went ot his mini break and left dd in shcool!

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expatinscotland · 11/07/2006 21:28

i think we're going to have to go home school or steiner's.

my dad's going to be running out of time by the time the dds' are in school - his health isn't the best anymore - and i want to spend more time w/him and my mum.

not ask permission, either.

mysonsmummy · 11/07/2006 21:45

whats steiners?

how comes some schools give 10 days authorised absence and some dont give any? thanks

ds starts school in september so new to all this.

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