Fined from new school for holiday.

[Dolliebobs]

DD8 moved schools 5 weeks ago to another primary school in the area.

we originally booked a summer holiday based on the old school term times last year. It meant she missed 5 days at the new school at the end of this term as they break up later.

i did let them know when she joined that we had booked the holiday and they told me that will be ok.

today iv received an email with a fine 😩😩

so annoyed.

Then speak to the person who agreed it was OK and get the fine revoked?

It's not the school's fault - the fines are set in legislation.

I’d think you would have grounds for appeal but I’d check it’s not a mistake first!

Just contact the school and reiterate that. Also its ’I’ve’, not sure why people just write iv these days.

I have, i rang them and they confirmed they have to report it due to it being 5 days but they hope the council wil consider it :(

Clearly someone who missed 5 days of school when they were little because of a holiday in term time.

The school are able to call it back. Don’t let them tell you otherwise. You’d assumed it would be authorised and all they have to do is authorise any one of those days you missed and you’d be no longer eligible for a fine. If you have it in writing ‘that it would be ok’ then follow it up with the school.

Actually they don’t even need to authorise a whole day, even half a day authorised would cover your problem.

I have dyslexia, I’m fully aware my spelling is awful.

This is so weird to me. There are no fines in Australia. I took my child out of school for a few days to go overseas and the school was encouraging.

I’m wondering if the fine system accomplishes anything.

It already costs an arm and a leg to get out of Oz though; don't they add additional taxes on international flights to keep people spending their money "in country"?

This must be very annoying for you.

My DC’s primary school have said that there are new national guidelines around school absences (since last September I think) that mean they’re not allowed to authorise holidays at all anymore.

So your DC’s school might not be allowed to authorise your holiday either, despite the extenuating circumstances here. Although if that’s the case, you’d think that they’d at least have warned you so that the fine wouldn’t be a surprise.

1. Do you feel better now?
2. Your sentence structure is terrible, and ‘5’ should’ve been written as ‘five’.

No. Nope. Try as I might, I just can’t think why you’d come on someone’s post simply to do this, especially as you aren’t perfect either. Don’t worry, feeling a bit embarrassed is normal 😳

A child has to do so many school days on the year. Have they completed that? Also, speak to the council.

My dc did an extra weeks schooling due to moving counties, and the old county had the inset days at the end of term, whilst the new school had them earlier in the year.

Ugh, that’s so annoying – especially when you did tell them about the holiday when she started! Honestly, what were you meant to do? You booked it before even knowing she'd change schools!

I read something the other day saying loads of parents are being fined at the moment for term-time absences – think it was this: www.twinkl.co.uk/news/record-number-of-parents-receiving-fines-for-childrens-absence-during-term-time

Sounds like a proper grey area, to be honest. If they told you it was fine when you mentioned it, I’d appeal. Hopefully it’s just a case of the admin team not realising the full story. Good luck!

Take no notice, it's that poster's attitude which is awful, not your spelling.