A school has come under fire for ‘shutting out’ students without a perfect attendance record from an exclusive party.
The Stoke-on-Trent school said the initiative incentivises attendance but parents hit out, saying it ‘discriminated’ against pupils who fell ill ‘through no fault of their own’.In a post on their Facebook page, Packmoor Ormiston Academy said: ‘Well done to all our children who gained 100% attendance this term. They all enjoyed an afternoon tea party in the spring sunshine.
One angry grandmother said her grandchild had missed lessons due to a bout of highly-contagious chickenpox.She told StokeonTrentLive: ‘I am not against rewarding children, that is a good thing and carries on through their working life.
ccbasher Ffs get a life .... congrats to the kids with the great 100
Catching the flu isn't a protected characteristic
Aw diddums
I felt the same when certain children at school were pronounced “gifted & talented” & my youngest wasn’t among them - she got a first at Uni & she worked damned hard verygifted&talented
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Parents' fury over school's 'exclusive tea party' for pupils with 100% attendance - as sick kids snubbedFURIOUS parents have slammed a school’s “exclusive tea party” for pupils with 100 per cent attendance as sick kids are left snubbed. Dozens of children at Packmoor Ormiston Academ… Fully agree treat for the extra effort to do better for your education and school.workers also get rewards for not taking sick days off, The concept is good but too extreme... Some kids have an element of special needs, asthma need an occasional hospital appointment or sometimes kids get tummy bugs. Maybe a 90-95% would be more fair. Not realistic for all kids 🙄 All schools give perks to kids with 100%. I see both side. Its harsh if your child has had a genuine illness but also the kids with 100% should get a treat for the achievment
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