Shame brought to Crumpsall Lane Primary school in north Manchester

When I was a very young child I spent a great deal of time in Italy visiting family. So much so that, on occasion, I was out of school for weeks at a time. That was then, this is now:

An eight year old girl was expelled after her parents took her out of school for a holiday.

Victoria Corry was absent for 11 teaching days - one more than is allowed under government guidelines.

Crumpsall Lane Primary school eventually re-admitted the girl after a number of days of negotiation with her parents who, presumably, were a little pissed that their daughter was being punished for no good reason whatsoever.

I wonder how many actual hours (or minutes) of education time the poor girl missed out on during her time away.