Parental rights

[Geronimus]

Hello, can anyone please help with this? We asked for an unauthorised absence for my daughters to attend my concert. It's really important to me that they are there. When my partner arrived at school to pick up our children the headteacher repeatedly denied him access, saying we didn't leave 48 hours' notice and that they would miss curriculum time. We are left shocked that my partner couldn't be given his own child and was denied access. I am pursuing a complaint but I wondered I'd my tone could shed any more light on this and what our rights are. Thank you.

According to another thread, no. The children are at the private school that the OP works at.

That’s why I asked. A six year old being in a girls’ school indicates this isn’t a state school in England, so some of the law and policy mentioned here may not be relevant.

This might be helpful OP. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dealing-with-issues-relating-to-parental-responsibility/understanding-and-dealing-with-issues-relating-to-parental-responsibility#what-is-parental-responsibility