To take DC out of school for two weeks for a holiday?

[CroccyWoccy]

Thinking about taking the family on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday next year, but having looked into it, we would have to take the DC out of school for a fortnight to make it work.

They have good attendance record - I have never taken them out for any reason before and they are rarely sick.

I was hoping we could do the holiday only taking them out for 5 days, but it isn’t feasible, to make it work they would need to miss two weeks (though one day is an inset day, so 9 days in total).

Is this too long? Either in terms of lost education or the amount of trouble we’d be in? DC will be Y6 and Y3, holiday would be tacked onto October half term.

I'm not sure why you're obsessed with the idea they might get poorly after the holiday.

Because people seem to think just because it's 5 days it isn't disruptive.
But if they miss 5 days of education, plus are poorly in other terms, that's a lot of school days missed.

School days go quick.

People in other countries would love to have free education for their children, we take it for granted here.

I did answer your question. If a holiday has an "educational merit" then I think it's a great idea to take it in term time.

If a child is just going to sit by the pool all day for a week, then they're not really learning anything so they would be better off not missing school.