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pam1 · 14-07-2008, 13:52

it was on the news yesterday that you can not take your kids out of school term for a holiday if you do you get find £50

***Mr D*** · 14-07-2008, 13:58

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Originally Posted by pam1

it was on the news yesterday that you can not take your kids out of school term for a holiday if you do you get find £50

£50.00 you would save more on the holiday than that.

emamum · 14-07-2008, 14:01

what if the school give you permission?

Loz · 14-07-2008, 14:04

Heard about something like this before and think it is stupid.
Some people can only get holidays at certain times so have no choice.
When i was at school i was always taken out of school the last two weeks in july before we broke up for the summer because it was the only time my parents could get time off work.

lancsdave · 14-07-2008, 14:05

Oh good they have halved it

Didn't it used to be £100 for the past few years since they brought it in. I think the words 'can be fined' not 'will be fined' spring to mind. Unless pam has seen something nobody else has seen

flashy · 14-07-2008, 14:10

its £50 per child, it was on GMTV this morning

i think its at the schools discretion

what i want to know is....where will the money be going?

school funds?
back to the government?
to buy some nice little cakes for the teachers?

emamum · 14-07-2008, 14:13

thanks flashy, couldnt find the story on the news sites.... best i can do atm> http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=30084

derekgas · 14-07-2008, 14:39

It is if people take thier kids away without schools permission, so, let me see, holiday in august @ £3000, or July at £2000, minus £50 fine, saves £950, Mmmmm, what shall I do?
Just for the record, I paid the August prices.

lancsdave · 14-07-2008, 15:00

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Plans to stop pupils being taken out of school during term time to go on holiday aren't making much difference.
Soon headteachers will be able to fine parents £100 if they choose to go on a family holiday without permission.

I've just taken the quote above from a story on the BBC website in 2004. It's nothing new.

I haven't yet had to go in term time, living in the Pendle area the holidays up to 2 years ago were different than standard time anyway, particularly the September one, which was great for prices

Then some tin pot county councillors in their ivory offices decided to scrap them and make everyone have the same term times.

I would consider it but it would depend on what year the kids were in. Lets face it they do bugger all in the last couple of weeks before the holidays anyway

Tin Monkey · 14-07-2008, 15:00

Nice to have a choice when you do go on holiday. Teachers don't.

lancsdave · 14-07-2008, 15:04

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Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

Nice to have a choice when you do go on holiday. Teachers don't.

Thats a choice of vocation though TM. Teachers know that when they take on that career. Some parents don't even get the chance to have holidays during the school holiday time if they are at the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to the holiday rota in the company they work for, therefore they have to take holidays in term time.