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Unauthorised absence

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Mummalunalucas · 25/03/2023 16:04

I wondered if any of you lovely people could help me. I booked a sun holiday for a Monday to Friday. The week before May half term. We don't have a massive budget for things like this hence booking the sun holiday. I work on a holiday park, so booking during school holidays makes it very difficult for me to get time off especially as I'm an assistant manager. I wrote a letter to the school requesting the time off which has been denied. We have been looking at moving the holiday to the school holidays and my work has begrudgingly said if I had to they could allow it possibly, but the prices so way out of our price range. Going from paying £170 for a holiday to at least £1070 is a huge jump. My question is does anyone know what the fines are? Information on the Internet is very ambiguous. Should I just accept that we won't be able to afford holidays while the kids are at school?
Many thanks

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MaireadMcSweeney · 02/12/2024 15:05

Autumn3030 · 02/12/2024 12:01

Hi, I've not been on here before. I'm worried about my daughter being absent from school. She is off today as she has a sickness bug and she had a high temperature of 39C last night.
The school says you have to leave it 48 hours before she can return to school because of the vomiting. She has an appointment on Wednesday (which she has a letter for). so will be off then too and back to school on Thursday. I'm worried I will get a fine for her absence.
One of the mums mentioned I will only get fined if it's unauthorised absence. However I don't know what that means.
Can someone explain to me what exactly is unauthorised absence?
It's such a worry all the time, as kids at my daughters age (8) do get ill this time of the year. Yet we get penalised for them being off sick.
Thanks in advance for any advice.

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IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 02/12/2024 15:52

@Autumn3030

You do need to start your own thread, but sickness is sickness, it's not "unauthorised". Have you had the time for the appt on Wednesday authorised time off? If it's a medical appt it shouldn't be a problem. You won't be fined of she is genuinely ill or at a medical appointment

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