Children who have had a death in the family will not be allowed time of school to grieve

[bodenbiscuit]

Yet more evidence of this sociopathic government

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11945031/Grieving-children-cant-have-extra-days-off-schools-Minister-warns.html

Sorry time off school of course.

Do they really think grieving children will be able to carry on at school as if nothing happened and it won't affect their grades?

That is awful and clearly he has never personally worked with or supported a grieving child in education.
If children are ready then by all means let them come back but if they need time, they should be allowed it without feeling they are doing the wrong thing.

Have you read the article? It clearly states it's head teachers discretion

And 'no extended holidays on the back of a funeral!' Yes.... Parents DO take the piss.

Why let something so basic such as actually reading the article get in the way of slagging off those Tory bastards, hey?

It doesn't state that - it says that time off for the funeral is at the teachers discretion. But that if the child needs more time they can't have it.

Head teachers discretion

"there may be cases where a child may need to take more days off for compassionate reasons. However, this is entirely at the discretion of the school/head.""

Unfortunately, the minister cannot force a crap HT to act compassionately.

Well I am glad to hear this. It certainly would not happen at any of my children's schools. But there are a lot of officious schools. One primary school near me threatens to report you to the LA if you are even a minute late.

This is a disgrace.

Having seen a few casess of a junior school child being taken for a month to the other side of the world to attend the funeral of a great grandparent they never met and their parents saw a few times in their life, when really it was a long holiday.

It's not right a child grieving a close relative should be penalised.

Well that's obviously happened too much

Oh FFS if the child is so traumatised by the death, and often getting back to normal is beneficial, they can be signed off sick.

Not the point titchy. Who doesn't need to grieve after a death in the family?

It shouldn't be at the discretion of the Head Teacher, its a family matter and should be at the discretion of the parents

Here we go again . . . 'genuinely grieving'. Who measures that?

It doesn't surprise me at all tbh.
This government believe they own our children. There used to be a time when we were allowed to parent as we felt fit, now the state are the parents, it's so
So glad my dd won't ever set foot in a state school again.

Do you really believe that the state should micromanage peoples lives lexigrey ?!?

lexigrey

It should be their discretion though, the government aren't the children's parents.
I'd trust the child's parent before government any day.

When my grandad died who my dc were extremely close to being at school was the best thing for them.

They got away from the mourning and enjoyed themselves with their friends feeling normal again.

My children's elder sister died. She was 9. She did it over the summer so they didn't have to miss school. The government and headteachers don't know my children as well as we, her parents, do. Why the fuck should it be up to them to tell if they are 'genuinely grieving'? And guess what, over 3 years on, they still are. In fact, a lot of professionals can tell you that when children sustain a close bereavement, many times, they show this many, many years on. I am in my mid-40s and have friends who lost their sibling or parent in childhood. They still mourn this loss.

'They got away from the mourning and enjoyed themselves with their friends feeling normal again.'

Children often do this no matter how close the loss.

I was explaining how school helped my dc in our situation expat. Your situation was not my situation.

One of my best friends died when My Ds was in reception..She has a DS the same age.. It was over christmas ..He very much struggled but we had 2 weeks at home together.. Actually going back to school did him good..However I do not assume because that was what was best for my Ds it is what is best for all children..If he hadn' coped when he went back to school I would of kept him off a while longer.

I think they are missing the point grief will well affect learning too.