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Flexi-schooling has been around since the 1980s. It is not a parental right, and, at least in England and Wales, it is currently granted at a head teacher’s discretion. It can be granted for various reasons, such as the study needs of the individual child or the child’s ability or inability to fit in with that particular school environment, and there are many other perfectly good reasons why it happens. Perhaps that is why over 700 schools across the UK have agreed to flexi-schooling arrangements—I have had a small experience of it in my own family. Indeed, some small schools at risk of closure due to low pupil numbers have even adopted a whole-school flexi-schooling approach to successfully keep the school going.