Term Time Holidays???

balletshoes

moomoomama27 wrote: »

Personally I wouldn't. I work in a school and see how hard it is for the children (primary age) to miss as much as 10 days schooling. They never really catch up, and often fall behind if they are mid way through a topic.

I've never taken mine out in term time. At my childrens school, there is no unauthorised absence, and the fine if £50 per parent, per school week missed.

whats the success rate of the fines do you think? Our primary school has the 10-days pretty much blanket authorisation still, and I've not heard of anyone around my immediate area having a fine, and as it has to go to court to be enforced, surely it would cost the LEA more in court costs to try to get the £50?

moomoomama27

balletshoes wrote: »

whats the success rate of the fines do you think? Our primary school has the 10-days pretty much blanket authorisation still, and I've not heard of anyone around my immediate area having a fine, and as it has to go to court to be enforced, surely it would cost the LEA more in court costs to try to get the £50?

I'm not sure, probably in reality more of a scare tactic, although there have been 2 families that have received and paid fines over the past 2 years at the school I work at.

johnnyl

moomoomama27 wrote: »

I'm not sure, probably in reality more of a scare tactic, although there have been 2 families that have received and paid fines over the past 2 years at the school I work at.

Lets hope the money is returned when the inevitable happens and their childrens education is disrupted by a strike or because a snowflake hits the ground.

bestpud

balletshoes wrote: »

whats the success rate of the fines do you think? Our primary school has the 10-days pretty much blanket authorisation still, and I've not heard of anyone around my immediate area having a fine, and as it has to go to court to be enforced, surely it would cost the LEA more in court costs to try to get the £50?

They can't actually prosecute a parent for not paying the fine.

However, they can prosecute for the original offence ie not ensuring a child attends school regularly.

It's hard to find figures but I did read somewhere that there is a high number of non payers.

They LEA should follow up non payments with court but my guess is a lot are dropped.

If you refuse to pay then they could use past absences in any future court case, but get this, if you pay it like a good little parent then it is wiped from the slate - you could keep your child off school and be taken to court but none of the absences you've paid for will be used against you!

So is it about making sure children are sent to school or is it about boosting revenue?

I'd take my chances and not pay if my child was still above the average attendance rate after the holiday.

These penalties rely on parents lying down and taking it. Don't be fools people! If your children have a good attendance record then stand your ground!

poet123

Welshwoofs wrote: »

You've obviously never read the thread about cleaning over on the oldstyle money saving board

Zone based cleaning....it's all about zone based cleaning.

I nearly got crucified for making a similar comment a while back. I asked why you would post on a thread telling everyone what housework you had done or intended to do, and why you needed others to help you out seeing what needed to be done. All hell broke loose.

getmore4less

themull1 wrote: »

I've taken my kids out of school before, we get 10 days authorised absence. I think if the government were that bothered about taking kids out of school, they would have done what they promised years ago, take the premium off school holiday breaks.

They can't change things, it's not really a premium its supply and demand.

All that happens is all the prices go up and outside school hols get bigger discounts.