This is the problem with those running schools these days....they are more concerned with padding their numbers and figures for ofsted etc then they are the kids wellbeing (hence the pushing of things like Sat tests on stupidly young kids etc but that's a totally different topic) .
My kids are going next year, they will experience plenty at glasto that may educate them for life on certain issues and topics, education does not stop at the classroom and trust me the schools 'figures' will be the last thing on my mind when I'm deciding if to take my 2 to their first festival or not.
And if the school say no? Well they will be going anyway.....it shows up a wider issue tbh that being schools having far to much power over families lives....as long as your kids aren't absent from school all the time and they have good attendance usually then what's the problem with them missing a few days?
