Parents have accused school bosses of being insensitive and inconsiderate after ‘refusing’ to change the day of a Year 6 leavers’ assembly because it clashes with Eid celebrations.
Dozens of angry mums and dads signed a petition urging Manley Park Primary headteacher Tracy Hamilton-Hall to move the assembly at the Whalley Range school from tomorrow - the last day of term - to today.
Parents said scores of Muslim Year 6 pupils would be forced miss celebrating their final day at primary school because of Eid commitments.
In a letter to Ms Hamilton-Hall, parents said they will take their ‘entitlement to an authorised absence for religious observance’. [Manchester Evening News] Read more
