Should school refuse boy leave for mum's wedding?

[kal]

Probably a day to get there, a day to get married and a day to come back.

Don't most marriage take place at the weekends or are they also expecting all of their guests to take time off work as well? The right decision IMO, they left it too late and its not an exceptional event (like a funeral which is not exactly planned unlike a wedding). Pay the fine and shut up (rather than running to the papers) would be the right course of action.

[MyUserName]

Don't most marriage take place at the weekends or are they also expecting all of their guests to take time off work as well?

Most take place at weekends but I went to one last month that was in the week, it is not unknown.

[NickFitz]

Generally, schools will allow absences for exceptional circumstances - a funeral should fit into that, but a wedding probably wouldn't.

Ultimately, it's not the school that sets the policy, it's the local authority, who are following the DfE guidelines.

IIRC, though, you can miss ten sessions of school before they can fine you, which would have covered the three days (assuming the child hasn't had many absences in the year already).

According to TFA, the system has been changed to ensure that the head teacher has absolute power, except that they can't do anything:

Parents can put in requests for term-time holidays, but they are granted or refused entirely at the head teacher's discretion and are not a parental right

Heads in England were previously able to grant up to 10 days of leave a year for family holidays in "special circumstances". But since 1 September 2013, they have no longer been able to grant any absence in term time except under "exceptional circumstances"

[vetran]

It's a planned event, they could have got married in the evening.

New marriage laws - Get married at any time in England and Wales

or any time after about 4pm.

If they can't wait to get married then have a civil wedding in the evening and wait till the holidays for a blessing / big wedding with a honeymoon.

NO!

[NotAllThere]

Does it really take three days to get married?

Probably a day to get there, a day to get married and a day to come back.

If it's that far away, why not get married somewhere closer to home?

Anyway it's the usual crap. Someone doesn't like what a school says, so goes whining to the press with half the facts. Which is really stupid, because if you go to the press, you almost certainly won't get your own way.

[scooterscot]

Discuss why Willum & Hugo, attendees of Winchester boarding school for boys, just don't get this story.

[scooterscot]

It is things that he will need to build on in future lessons. So unless his parents (or teachers) are willing to step up and cover it he could suffer for it for a very long time.

If a teacher had to step up to catch up every pupil that had a couple of days off they wouldn't have time to do their job. Bottom line is they can't help, they just don't have the time unless the schooling of the other kids is degraded.

It's possible the parents may step up and school him in which case no problems but this won't happen with kids that are already struggling through lack of parental involvement. It's got to be one rule for all.

What does a kid understand about life is forever? Get him educated and then he can live it.

All these reasons are why going in to a school to discuss should help.

it's; he'll; First sentence and the mystery subject. I wonder what 'it' could be. I used a book to cover mine.

'step up to catch up' - what up with that management speak?


How many weddings did you attend?

[TheFaQQer]

It's a planned event, they could have got married in the evening.

And somewhere local, rather than in another county which requires two days of travelling.

[MyUserName]

If it's that far away, why not get married somewhere closer to home?

My sister in law lives in Basingstoke but got married in Western (up north). Her husband is from there and his mother is unwell and travelling down from there to Basingstoke would be very uncomfortable for her.

Perhaps there is a similar reason here?

[northernladuk]

it's; he'll; First sentence and the mystery subject. I wonder what 'it' could be. I used a book to cover mine.

'step up to catch up' - what up with that management speak?

Well it was in response to your question so not a mystery subject. Again with the second comment it makes sense with the rest of the sentence.

You don't get points for taking cheap shots at Yorkshire folks lack of education.