Originally Posted by
bunyip
More than ever before, I think you need to check this sort of thing with your local authority.
My EY funding team have already warned me there is a lot of concern about how they are going to handle complex situations and they may have to stop making payments for absences, so shift patterns are going to be a nightmare.
I've had children with erratic attendance patterns in the past, and the LA have been fairly relaxed about it. I suspect the funding money is short, so they are likely to get strict in future. Also worth bearing in mind there's no longer any incentive for LAs to pay out so much. They used to be able to 'top-slice' any amount of Treasury money they liked in the name of "admin costs". But now that is limited, so the funding racket is no longer the LA gravy train it used to be.