A family from Croydon who were fined for taking their 10-year-old son out of school so they could be together to scatter his grandmother's ashes have finally received an apology and had their fee returned.
Natasha Vythilingum and her husband Thivy said they were fined £120 for their son Kian's 'unauthorised absence' from West Thornton Primary Academy in Croydon, MyLondon reports. Both of Kieran's grandmother's lived in Mauritius and died in quick succession at the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, the family said.
So, in October, when the country reopened its borders for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, the family informed Kian's school that they planned to visit for nine days in order to scatter the grandmother's ashes on the anniversary of her death. However, the family said they were told that the absence would be deemed unauthorised and a fine would be imposed.
