Petition - no prosecution for parents that remove a child from school during pandemic

[SchoolInTheTimeOfPandemic]

NC for this, but please, sign. There's at least one council that is saying they will fine parents who keep their children home unless the family is officially shielding. If you feel your kids are safer at home or your family is safer with them at home, that should be up to you right now. It will also mean fewer children in the schools, reducing risk for those who do go in.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300399

Where have you read that? Because I work in a school and the DfE message is that return to school will be voluntary for parents.

You can de register your child from education whenever you want ,what is he point in this petition and which councils are saying this bearing in mind nothing is definite yet about sending any year groups back?

Hi, we're moving this thread over to our Petitions topic.

Was just going to say the same thing x2boys.

I will be keeping my DC home. I presume that due to shielding, vulnerable, isolating, and quarantining that attendance will be voluntary for the foreseeable future or at the very least, attendance expectations will be much lower than they are right now.

If the Local Authority was to insist on attendance then I will register my DC, teach them at home, and then when the situation has improved I will apply for in-year school places as new pupils (this is possible for me as our schools aren't oversubscribed).

Where have you read that? Because I work in a school and the DfE message is that return to school will be voluntary for parents.

The case I'm aware of, Durham county council advised with a newborn that they would be required to send their Y1 child or risk fines, even though the hospital had told the family to shield, because they did not have an official government letter.

But we only found out yesterday that reception and year 1_and 6 might be able to go back of the rates of infection are stable so thieves either been massively exaggerated or the council are being very heavy handed , and regardless of that you can still de register your child legally

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regardless of that you can still de register your child legally

I agree the council was being heavy-handed - what I and others want to see is clear guidance from the UK government that this is not acceptable.

De-registering is not a solution for people in over-subscribed areas who do not want to lose their school place for when the crisis has passed.