Taking children out of school for 3 weeks

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I am getting married the last weekend in August next year and would like to take our children on honeymoon with us late September for three weeks, has anybody taken their children out of school for this long before? I appreciate I will have to pay a fine, just wondering if the consequences could be worse? I just want to hear other people’s experiences of taking children out of school for this long...

Your update sounds sensible OP. Have a lovely pre wedding vacay/wedding/honeymoon

I've taken my youngest out of school for that amount of time , not in one lump but a week in Oct, then 2 weeks end Nov. We got fined but the school were fine. My eldest competes internationally in sports and we didn't want to leave the smaller one behind ( he's 10) . We went to Asia and learnt a hell of alot more than being stuck in a classroom.

Year 3 is a big transition. I would take them out for three weeks

Unpopular opinion but I'd go for it. Your getting married the once (hopefully) kids are still small. Enjoy them while you can. Can you book a tutor on return to help them catch up? More than one way to learn. Kids have so much pressure on them, while their growing up so quickly.

I think YABU. Especially for the year 8. Three weeks is far too long- most honeymoons are only a week and child free? Could GP mind the kids so they could go to school and you go for a shorter period?

I agree with ur update! That seems far better.

Also, yes. Any fines Ex gets should count as missed CM!!

bigtoes I understand what you are saying, but these are target grades from the schools data perspective, not my child’s, and to me are utterly meaningless in that sense.

And despite getting full marks in his SATS (couple off in the SPAG but I think it gets rounded up, or something can’t quite remember), Y6 absolutely killed his love of school. It was such a dull year for him and I’m so glad we took him out for those 2 months.