Term time holiday

[Mumoftwo367743]

Has anyone ever taken their child for 18 days for a holiday during school term time? What was the outcome?

They may not fine you if you need to go because of a family emergency.

This isn't a holiday. Explain this to the school.

Thank you everyone

@caringcarer I’m just scared to leave my child with autism in the care of anyone as I know his needs more

There was a mother on the R2 Jeremy Vine show a few weeks ago who’d had a couple of term time holidays and it went to court. She now has a criminal record.

I really think lots of parents don’t realise that you can get a criminal conviction and therefore a criminal record for life.

If these people you know told the school they were going, it was unlawful for the school to remove their children from the register. See the School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2024 9.1(i). The child can be removed from the register after 20 days of nonattendance only if the school has made reasonable efforts to establish the child's whereabouts and has failed to do so. To be sure of retaining her child's school place, the OP simply needs to tell the school when and where the child will be and when they are returning.

www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/208/made

That is a separate matter from any possible prosecution for unauthorised absence.

@Saracen thank you