A distraught mum of a Lancs schoolgirl says she has been threatened with prosecution and a maximum fine of £2,500 or three months of prison time by the council over her daughter’s lack of attendance at school
The distraught mum of a Thornton-Cleveleys schoolgirl says she has been threatened with prosecution and a maximum fine of £2,500 or three months of prison time by the council over her daughter’s lack of attendance at school.
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Nicola told Lancs Live: “There are a lot of times where she wakes up in the morning and she just refuses to go… she’s got to the point where she thinks, where are they going to put me today? Are they going to put me in isolation? Now she says the family has been left with no choice but to turn to Ofsted following what she claims are her daughter’s ordeals, which she says include being victimised and temporarily excluded. Ms Giles told Lancs Live that her daughter is hoping to switch schools to study hair and beauty therapy, but that she has been stunned to be told that she could face a fine of over two thousand pounds because of her daughter’s low attendance rate.
Stephen Careless, head teacher of Montgomery Academy, said: "We would always advise parent/carers to use the academy’s complaints process to try and resolve such issues. I did email a copy of our complaints policy, available on our website, to the parent concerned a week ago. As far as I am aware we are yet to receive any complaint as per the policy."
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