Holiday during term time - fine

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Hi I just wondered how many people

A had their holiday approved and why
B had a fine and how much / what was your child's attendance like

TIA

Are you journalist? (or wannabe journalist more like) Maybe hit the streets and get some real news rather than trying to get easy hits on here.

What?

Very few have their holiday approved. Whether you are fined largely depends on your school/local authority. The fine is fixed - £60 per parent per child for the absence, although if you don't pay you may be prosecuted and the fine can be a lot more (thousands).

Have had many term time holidays and never been fined. (Can have up to 2 weeks out of school in wales).

I think it's a difficult one as it varies on the area and the school.
I heard if you have above 98% schools are more liniment.

Schools will not authorise holidays now without a good reason. Nothing to do with attendance.

You won't get a holiday authorised whatever your 'excuse' I take mine out every year, never been fined. As long as your child has never had more than 15 days unauthorised absence our LEA doesn't fine.

Never had one authorised and never been fined, would happily pay it if I was though

I don't even ask for Authorisation I just tell school we are taking unauthorised absence. I take a week each year, never been fined.

HT s are not allowed to authorise holidays.

Schools deciding not to fine won't last following the Jon Platt case.

Our school haven't fined us in 5 years taking kids out for hols, so I don't think Jon platt Williams any difference. Nobody at our school had ever been fined.

Our HT fines and says it's her decision. DD's friend's mum has been fined 3 times this year!

I wasn't sure if it was a myth to discourage parents. My eldest is now in year 2. We have taken her out of school for 5 days when she was in reception but she was 4 then. My youngest has just turned 5 so I'm thinking we could be fined £220 😬😬

I haven't booked anywhere yet. I'm
Contemplating waiting until the 6 weeks holidays x

Youngest hadn't missed a day and eldest has had 3 sickness days.

Schooling isn't compulsory until the term after the 5th birthday is it?

In which case, if your youngest has turned 5 since Easter, then you could only be fined for the elder child. So £120. Or £240 if I'm wrong & you need to pay for both.

For my last holiday I asked for 2x secondary school aged kids off and 2x primary aged children. I used the same letter sent to both schools and I had 1 authorised and 1 unauthorised but no fine. Both should've used the same guidelines for allowing a holiday so I don't understand why I had 2 different answers? Not complaining but it should be a consistent answer when the same circumstances are used.

I wish they'd just decide.

No term time holidays, a fine, repeated infringement a criminal offence.

Term time holidays allowed (within reason), apply in advance, no fines.

Trouble is everyone can see them as a council cash cow which will be milked forever. How can it be so wrong to do it that they fine you, but not get a bigger fine/charged with an offence if you do it more than once, or often.

Authorised holidays (many) due to having disabled sibling and needing out of season holidays.HT considered it to be exceptional circumstances and (even though we haven't done) when I asked in secondary was told at admission that HT there would authorise as well so long as avoided tests/ exam weeks . Rarely had a day off ill so high nineties even after five days absence for holiday.

In which case, if your youngest has turned 5 since Easter, then you could only be fined for the elder child. So £120. Or £240 if I'm wrong & you need to pay for both.

If you've accepted a school place you accept the rules of that school place.

Sorry my mistake £240 not £220

We had one authorised , and one unauthorised and fined! ( different primaries on the same housing estate!) We used the same letter for both!
We paid the fine , and had included the possibility of it in our holiday budget. The only thing that slightly grates is that my friend takes her dc out twice a year and has done throughout Primary and has never been fined once! We did it once and were fined. I do feel it should be all or nothing and across the board not on the whim of different councils/schools.

Not fined as authorised.school my kids go to if you have 100% attendance .Then up to 10 days a year will be authorised.
Iv had 5 days authorised for 2 kids