To think you should lie?

[Dontcareifyouareonholiday]

I am a teacher, but I don’t work in attendance so I wonder if this shapes my view.

Whenever people ask if they should lie about a family holiday, most of the replies insist this is an awful thing to do, that you should tell the truth and it’s insulting to the teachers if you lie.

I honestly don’t care either way. But surely it is better for the school to have more authorised absences than unauthorised? If I was in a position to take term time holidays this is what I would do. I realise I may not understand something about attendance but it just seems to be better for the school and better for the family if a lie is told! I wouldn’t take the piss with it and have six weeks off every year but does anyone really care about a week at the end of July!?

I misread the OP! My bad

What's happening 6th July? 🤷

I’m a teacher and I couldn’t really give a shit to be honest. The week before GCSEs or A levels or during them then yes, that’s an issue. Any other time or for younger kids, it doesn’t really matter. It doesn’t matter to me if it’s authorised or unauthorised or if parents have lied. It’s more important that they’ve had an enjoyable holiday. I just do my job and I’ve never been expected to ‘catch children up’ either. Realistically, it doesn’t matter if they miss a few weeks in the summer term when things are winding down.