Hi. New to this site. My wife and I recently received a penalty notice for unauthorised absence. We took our 5 year old son out of school for our wedding day followed by a couple of days for a honeymoon break. 3 days in total. We asked the school in advance what to do. They advised putting in writing to the head and should be fine. We did this 6 months plus in advance. We also spoke with his classroom teacher, she said she would let us know if there was a problem. Nothing heard so we took him out. We have since been issued with fines. The school say they sent a letter to us but nothing was received. We would have changed our dates if we were told the days were unauthorised! Advice?
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