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School holiday fines/change of address

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1kel90 · 20/01/2020 22:18

Im struggling to find much information on school holiday fines. We recently took our daughter out of school for a holiday, although this was a complete one off, we were expecting to receive a fine as it was for 6 days.
The issue were having is we have since moved address, and now concerned that (due to how long it takes to issue the fines) it will go to our old address.
Does anybody know what happens in these circumstances? Will the school have notified the council of the change of address?

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LittleRa · 20/01/2020 22:21

Put a Royal Mail redirect on your post from old address to new address?

1kel90 · 21/01/2020 00:26

I think its abit late to redirect the post, wish i thought of that at the time.
I havent explained it very well on og post. We updated the address with school the week after we returned from holiday, but the admin team arent the best so im concerned its gone to the old address.
I expected to receive the fine by now as its coming up to 5 months. As we were over the 5 days, pretty certain we will have been fined. However, this is the first term time holiday in 5 years, all other years attendance has been great.
Do the school have to flag it up with the LA, or is automatically picked up? Do i need to contact the LA just incase?

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ioioitsoff · 21/01/2020 01:05

I wouldn't do anything, you might not have been fined.

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SurfingApple · 21/01/2020 05:32

Did your child had absence for reasons other than the 5 days holiday too or was their only absence the 6 days in that year?

1kel90 · 21/01/2020 08:32

The hol was 6 days friday to friday. She hasnt had any other days off in this school year, and previous years she has always had excellent attendance 98% +.
Im a bit concerned if I ignore it and the fine has been issued to the wrong address, what the procedure would be? I dont want it to end up going to court.
The rules online seem so unclear,

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coconuttelegraph · 21/01/2020 08:35

Have they told you that you are definitely going to be fined? If so ask them which address they have, if not maybe keep quiet, if they issue it now they'll have your new address after all this time won't they?

1kel90 · 21/01/2020 10:02

No i havent been told i will defintely be fined, but im unsure how the system works with a change of details. Will the LA be notified of an address change on there system, or are the fines just paperwork based which could have been filled in with the old address.

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1kel90 · 21/01/2020 15:08

Just an update. I emailed the school to ask them about it, and they havent even had time to send off the forms yet (4 months later) so stupidly my email was probably a reminder for them.
It is all paper work based, so if you do find yourself in a similar position I would notify the school of any address changes that may affect the fine within that 6 month period (i read somewhere it was 6 months but not sure if that is accurate). It doesnt say anywhere online what happens if the fine is sent to an old address, and you cant rely on the new addressees to return it back to the sender.
For me it wasnt worth risking a court summons for a fine we were aware off when booking the holiday. Its a shame they dont take more consideration into the reasons behind the holidays, but suppose that wouldnt be profitable to them.

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