Taking kids out of school for a term

[Whenthechipshitthefan]

Possibly the wrong place to post- if so sorry!
Has anyone had any success in taking their kids (legally!) out of school for a term or even a half term. I want to take 2 x DDs (Yr 4, Reception) to my mums country for a long stay. They don't know the culture and I'm aware that we are all losing that connection. The flights are expensive, and it takes at least 24hrs to get there. Its a big country so that if we go over I want them to see a lot, experience a lot and see everyone.

Has anyone applied and been successful? Is it just headteacher opinion that matters? What can I promise to keep their place and not get taken to court. Happy to pay a fine!

I suggest you learn your legislation then!! Otherwise you might well be off rolling children illegally!

And are you "happy" to have the education of all the other kids suffer when yours gets back, as the teachers have to spend half the term trying to get yours caught up on everything they've missed? Disgraceful.

You are not allowed to do this, and nor should you be.

Is that 20 days in total across the year or 20 days in a row to de register?

Ok, so it's an extended holiday in Mexico or South America. Probably South America...
It's a lot of school to miss, are you going to keep up learning while away (it won't be easy) and they'll have a lot of catching up to do.

Probably Brazil, she says it's a rare language so it's not Spanish speaking. Unless it's Patagonia, or a tribal community.

They’ll b removed from roll and u will have to reapply for a place.

I think it was different then, maybe because travel has got easier and cheaper, maybe the opposite and people still expect to be able to go abroad each year but the cost is too high in school holidays.

I don't remember anyone regularly going on holiday during term time, it was an odd occasion. When I was teaching, I had a child take 2 separate 2 week trips to Tenerife in the same term. No education or cultural enrichment took place, it was a sunbathing and swimming type holiday. The Mum admitted they hadn't left the resort. The child was already significantly behind and had extra people in school to support his learning, and occupational therapist, a behaviour expert, a 1-2-1 TA for certain lessons. As we didn't know when he was going to return, that's 4 weeks the school/ local authority was paying for staff to come in and sit around for an hour at a time.

I just saw a post from a parent complaining that her child's school was objecting to her taking them out for a holiday next week, and saying they were also very difficult about the 3 days they took off for a holiday on October.

OP's situation and plan is very different to wanting to spend a cheap week in the Canaries topping up your tan.

Indonesia?

I think the answer to the original question is basically nothing, as it will be out of the head teachers hands.

I think if you can potentially take time when you come back to home school whilst waiting on a school place, I'd take the risk. And hope their spaces aren't filled