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Which is an incredibly insulting point to make to the headteachers who have to decide when to close schools. Do you honestly think that they do it "on a whim", rather than taking in to account the reality of the situation and making a tough decision? Strikes are a totally different matter, and...

And you have lots of time to do so in the holidays. Travelling the world is affordable outside of term time; perhaps not quite in the same way but it's perfectly possible for most people. Which is great for her. Did the school do nothing whilst waiting for your daughter to return, or did...

And your salary for those 55 hours a week?

Why is it so difficult to understand that school time is for teaching kids, and that it's full as it is? Add a couple of weeks, randomly throughout the year, every different child at a different time, for the teachers to attempt to compensate for, and your kids will do significantly worse at...

A lot of teacher training is to allow them to come up to speed with new government / OFSTED rules and regulations, the continual tinkering with the curriculum and the like. If these authorities got their act together enough to release all of this stuff at a given point then this would make...