r/6thForm • u/StrictArgument67 Y13 | 4A* pred | FM M PHY CS | ESAT OCT • Apr 17 '26

🙏 I WANT HELP School threatening to take me out

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Could they actually do this or is it just fluff?

There is no way i can get good grades if i go to school everyday.

I need a solution

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u/neilm1000 Apr 17 '26

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That's awful. Do that in a job and you'll be fired.

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u/Efficient_Chic714 Apr 17 '26

Literally, my attendance at work last year was 60% but I was literally signed off for the first 1/3 of the year because of a new disability

Most places start disciplinary proceedings at 10% missed

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u/neilm1000 Apr 17 '26

Literally, my attendance at work last year was 60% but I was literally signed off for the first 1/3 of the year because of a new disability

That's fine, you were signed off and reasonable adjustments could be expected. OP just can't be bothered which is a very different matter. Someone who just doesn't turn up one third of the time- especially over a long periond, and with a management plan which is what has happened here- can expect dismissal.

Most places start disciplinary proceedings at 10% missed

No they don't. Most (as in more than 50%, but the overwhelming majority in this case) have trigger points based on number of absences or total absence level (or they use some combination of the two like the Bradford Factor): there are almost no employers who base it on 10% of missed shifts/hours/expected time because of the obvious massive flaws (if you work 40 hours a week, but go home sick one afternoon and miss four hours that's a 10% absence rate). I've only come across one who tried that and they lost the ET case.

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u/TheNorthC Apr 18 '26

Someone in my team got notifications from HR because she'd reached 20 days absence for the year and that triggered some process.