Which school should be easier to get permission from

[lou33]

To have time off for our first real holiday since 97?

Infant, Junior or Secondary? Last few weeks before Christmas.

Not wanting a debate about whether I am right or wrong about asking for time off, just want to know which one you think would be most likely to refuse. Kids are 12.5, almost 8 and almost 6.

[Avalon]

Depends on what the Head Teacher's like?

[lou33]

All supposedly nice.

[Miaou]

Also depends how hot they are on their attendance record stats. If they have a poor attendance record for their school, the head may crack down more on those who ask permission to be absent. May work the other way though.

Don't know if it's possible in England, but a family in our school will be away for a month and are taking the children "off role" (ie out of school), then re-enrolling on return - this therefore means the figures aren't messed up.

[Avalon]

I would like to think there wouldn't be a problem with any of them as I'm likely to be in a similar position in January. Isn't there a legal entitlement to be able to take your kids out of school for up to 14 days?

[Avalon]

On holiday, I mean!

[nutcracker]

I would say infants will be easiest, juniors will be arsy and secondary depends on which year i spose, but presumming they aren't missing anything important i think they will be o.k

Have nothing to back this up, it is just what i think.

[lou33]

All school attendance records are good.

Shall I tell you what happened?

[Avalon]

Yes, I've got to go out.

[gottaCODon]

depends odn th heads

[lou33]

Secondary, permission given. Junior, permission given. Infant, half the days authorised and the other half unauthorised. I don't know what she expects us to do, leave ds behind? I would have thought that dd1's school would have been hardest to get permission for. Ds will mostly be gearing up to school plays and christmas parties, so I'm not too sure why she thinks he won't benefit from going away, seeing diff religion and culture etc.

[childmindersam]

legally you are entitled to remove your children from school for holiday purposes for 10 days. If your children have already had a holiday then it wont be granted. if they havent then it wont be a problem!

[nutcracker]

Really Lou, i am surprised. Agree with you though, he won't be missing much and what he'll get out of the trip is worth more than a xmas party and play.

[firestorm]

my dds primary school has just started refusing to authorise holidays in term time. i only want to take her out for 4 days at the end of november to go to disneyland paris & her attendance is generally 100% but she will be marked down as unauthorised holiday in term time` i think that a lot of schools are starting to do this now, especially secondaries.

[Avalon]

Am surprised.

[lou33]

No we haven't taken holiday time before, but the school still say no even though they say it is at their discretion to give approval for 10 days or more. Don't understand why secondary school and junior school would give permission but not infant, apart from the fact the infant head is new, and it is her first position as a head, whereas the other two have been heads for a while, even if not in these schools.

[roisin]

If it's more than 10 days, that explains it - though not the discrepancy between schools. As far as I understand it schools in our LEA are not permitted to authorise absences of longer than 10 days in total for any academic year.

[lou33]

It is more than 10 days, so why would two schools say ok and the other one say no? I'm just surprised it was the infant school who refused.