Submitted on Sunday 16th September 2018
Published on Monday 24th September 2018
Current status: Closed
Closed: Sunday 24th March 2019
Signatures: 31
Ensure all schools offer reception children a full time education from September
Every September many schools accept reception children for only part of a day for up to 6 weeks, causing enormous difficulties for many parents. Working parents have to take leave, unpaid leave in the case of self-employed parents, or pay huge childcare costs while the phased start is in place
There is little awareness of a ruling by the Schools Adjudicator in 2013 who said, in reference to phased starts, “It is not permissible in my view for a school to deny a child a term of full-time education. The school has a duty to provide a full-time place from September and cannot refuse to do so.”
The latest school admissions code supports this, stating that a local authority must make clear that children are entitled to a full-time place in the Sept following their fourth birthday.
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