BBC NEWS | England | A-grade pupil banned from dance

April 12, 2007 Civil Liberties, General News, General Rants, misanthropy 1

The row started last June when the school asked all year 11 parents to sign a form allowing their children to attend the sessions.

Kayleigh’s parents, Kay and Ellis, did not sign, saying their daughter was already a high achiever who did not need the burden of extra classes.

BBC NEWS | England | A-grade pupil banned from dance.

Excuse me? Since when did the school have the right to insist that parents acquiesce to their demands for extra curricular work? Kayleigh’s parents are entirely right and the school is entirely wrong. Kayleigh’s upbringing, welfare and education is the responsibility of her parents, not the school governors.
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  1. It’s astonishing how many people don’t realise that in law, the duty to educate a child is placed on parents, who may delegate it to a school (or not). Sounds as if this head teacher could do with a reminder.

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