Shutting school because one teacher is having an operation

railbuff

mel48rose wrote: »

Think I'm in the wrong profession! :rotfl:

true, but as we all discuss this the school would have closed, teacher had her operation and school reopened :T

pollypenny

Workers, in any job, may be off work due to illness or an operation.

I have never heard of other staff in the same place asking for equal time off and getting it, or some of it.

In 26 years teaching, I had colleagues off sick. I accepted it.

A head doesn't have the power to just grant three days off!

This is the most unlikely story ever!

angelil

I work in a private school, and even though private schools can more or less do as they please, this would never happen at my school in a million years. I have NEVER heard of this anywhere in the UK or otherwise. I think some info is missing.

pmduk

Pollycat wrote: »

It's many years since I was at school but I just can't see this as reasonable behaviour from people who've taken up teaching as profession.

I've friends who are teachers, you'd be amazed by some of the stories of the petty behaviour in the staff room.

wallbash

Ive friends who are ......plumbers/bankers /surveyors/salesmen etc etc , you'd be amazed by some of the stories of the petty behavior in the ( fill in appropriate area)

Teachers are human.

luxor4t

pollypenny wrote: »

...This is the most unlikely story ever!

I agree, hearsay and rumour imo.

There is a statutory number of days that schools have to be open to pupils, and a further 5 days of statutory training ( with added days some years to redress snow days etc) for teachers. Head teachers cannot change this at whim - neither can the LEA. Only Parliament can change it.

Details here: http://www.education.gov.uk/a0064221/length-of-school-dayyear

gregg1

pmduk wrote: »

I've friends who are teachers, you'd be amazed by some of the stories of the petty behaviour in the staff room.

I have worked in private and public sector and petty behaviour can be found in both, believe me!

StaffieTerrier

From my experience of working in a school, the OP seems highly unlikely.

I used to work as support staff in a school. One winter the ancient boilers broke down and couldn't be repaired. The school had to close for a couple of days. We had to go back to (staff and students) before the boilers were replaced because the LEA were concerned we wouldn't meet the minimum legal required number of days. Of course the parents all complained but the school, and head teacher, were threatened with a hefty fine if it did not reopen.

Honeydog

lindsaygalaxy wrote: »

Im a teacher and have never heard of this?!? Is this at a private school? I really cant imagine this would ever happen in my school!

No, it isn't a private school. His daughter is at an independent school but his son isn't.

Maybe it is an academy? The same school apparently shuts to pupils at 11am every Friday so the teachers can have non-contact time. That's also rather unorthodox. I have known whole schools to have PPA together but it is usually achieved by buying in sports coaching so school is still open but teachers can have time to plan together etc.

Worth bearing in mind that the OP is very anti-teacher. I've read some of his old posts and he always jumps on the bandwagon whenever someone is teacher bashing for whatever reason. So he could have just heard a rumour that has got out of hand and with chinese whispers been blown out of proportion (that's very common in schools)

Maybe he'll come back and enlighten us.

pulliptears

Honeydog wrote: »

Maybe he'll come back and enlighten us.

According to his profile he has been on here, but not back to this thread.