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Is early school collection illegal?

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DivaliciousDani · 16/10/2023 17:17

My eldest child was put on a managed move to a school out of the catchment area because of he's behaviour. The school he's in now is wonderful & he's getting on really well so we've decided to keep him there. While on the managed move he's original school was collecting him & dropping him off by minibus. He would have to leave school 45 minutes early for this. Now its no longer a managed move I now have to drop him off & collect him which is a pain but it needs to be done. The problem is I'd like to collect my youngest from he's school 20 minutes early to collect my eldest. I've looked into my boys timetables & my eldest is in lesson until the end of the day but my youngest has something called AcTu which is a tutor session where they sit & read. I've explained that my youngest could do this in the car whilst going to collect my eldest. I obviously don't want my eldest to miss out on anymore & that is why I have chosen to collect my youngest early. I can't really see an issue but the Assistant Principal has told me that he has spoken to the attendance team & they are unable to do this. I'm abit unhappy that the school can say what I do or don't do with my own son. It's literally 20 minutes. Is it illegal for me to demand that this is how its going to be? Am I in my rights to just take him anyway? Are there better ways to get around this I wander. Thank you.

OP posts:
TeenDivided · 17/10/2023 19:07

Can't your eldest just wait for 20mins at the end of each school day?

prh47bridge · 17/10/2023 22:19

PurpleBugz · 16/10/2023 18:12

OP ask your LA to provide a taxi for your eldest. You should be entitled

Missed this yesterday.

The fact the school is not OP's catchment school does not automatically entitle her to free transport for her eldest. That only kicks in if the school is more than 3 miles from home by the shortest safe walking route. Even if her eldest is eligible, that doesn't mean the LA has to provide a taxi. If public transport is available, a bus pass or similar will do.

timetorefresh · 17/10/2023 22:22

Older one will have to wait 20 mins, not exactly a long time. Will give any school traffic a chance to clear too

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