Wedding holiday during term time...

[JW1992]

Hi all,
My sister's wedding is October this year, in Greece and my children will be missing a total of 6 days of school. They will be year 1 and year 3 at the time.
We booked our holiday for this in January (I can provide evidence if it makes any difference to the school) but my questions are:

• Because we booked before the new rules came out (new rules 19th August 2024) will we be subject to penalties per the old rules or the new rules?

• If we are fined will it be one small fine to cover the whole holiday, or like £60 per child, per parent, per day etc?

• If I can prove it's my sister's wedding would this count as extenuating circumstances? I'm guessing not. The issue is it's not like I chose to go on a fun family holiday in term time, but before you come at me, I'm aware I don't also HAVE to attend.

Thanks in advance
J.

It will probably be £80 per child per parent.

It will be looked at under the new rules. Hopefully your head will be accommodating about it so it won’t go down as unauthorised.

They don’t have to fine you but it will be unauthorised.

Head might be generous and authorise 3 days (for wedding and travelling) but not for the holiday surrounding it.

Thank you everyone, to finalise the thread, the head was generous and allowed for two days which kept us just under the limit. Under the unwritten agreement that I will not be late or miss any other school days this year, which I think is very fair.