Schools no longer allowed to authorise holidays

owen_money

I book my holidays in term time so I don't have to listen to screaming kids on the plane or by the pool. Come on parents its not all about you saving a few quid on a holiday, think of others and your child's education.

Erinnire

Sorry to re-birth the thread...

But does anyone know how this will affect step-parents/couples living together? I saw in an earlier post a step parent was fined but will be interested to see how that pans out as surely you cannot fine someone with no parental rights to the child? What if I took my neighbour away with me would they fine her? She has as much right to my daughter as my boyfriend?

I don't really plan on taking DD out in term time anyway if I can avoid it but thought this was outrageous!

Spendless

Erinnire- The wording we had was '£60 per parent, per child' for the fine. It doesn't clairify what happens if only one parent lives in the household or if one biological father has been absent for many years and child lives with a step-parent. A fine wouldn't go to a neighbour though. The fine is for the parent(s) for not sending their child to school (not the adult/s on the holiday). If that makes sense?

themull1

farmerboy wrote: »

Not emergencies, just prove a genuine reason.

We have asked our DD's school for 6 days in early May next year, and have had them granted. She will be in yr3 and has not been taken out before for holidays.

Our reasons were that its for a special family celebration (My 40th), we can't go in the xmas, easter or whit holidays as they are bank holidays and the railway work that I do is busy then, the 6 week, and october half term holidays are hard to plan exactly due to the harvest on the farm we run, and the Feb on is out due to the cattle being housed and needing feeding. The week we have chosen is a quiet time for both my businesses so meaning I can take the annual leave then.

The school replied granting the abscence with no problems.

I also made sure I had it in writing before we booked incase of any come back

Did you have to supply your birth certificate to show you would be 40?

katepnlo

We are in Kent. My step childrens mum wants to take the kids on holiday at the end of the summer holidays. At the moment she is looking at taking them out of school for the first week of September term. I can't find out much info for her.
The children will be in year 6 and year 8. Is she able to do this without getting fined? I can't seem to see online what the outcome would be
Thank you

summer78

The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006

Amendments have been made to the 2006 regulations in the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013. These amendments, as described below, will come into force on 1 September 2013.

Term-time holiday

The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 currently allow headteachers to grant leave of absence for the purpose of a family holiday during term time in “special circumstances” of up to ten school days leave per year. Headteachers can also grant extended leave for more than ten school days in exceptional circumstances.

Amendments to the 2006 regulations remove references to family holiday and extended leave as well as the statutory threshold of ten school days. The amendments make clear that headteachers may not grant any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances. Headteachers should determine the number of school days a child can be away from school if the leave is granted.

Deleting a pupil from the admission register

The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 currently do not provide for a school to delete a pupil from the admission register where the pupil has ceased to be of compulsory school age and has failed to meet the academic requirements for entry to their sixth-form.

Amendments to the 2006 Regulations will allow this bringing the regulations into line with the new School Admissions Code 2012, which allows schools to set academic requirements for entry into sixth form.

The Education (Penalty Notices) (England) Regulations 2007

Amendments have been made to the 2007 Regulations in the Education (Penalty Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013. These amendments, as described below, will come into force on 1 September 2013.

The 2007 regulations set out the procedures for issuing penalty notices (fines) to each parent who fails to ensure their children’s regular attendance at school or fails to ensure that their excluded child is not in a public place during the first five days of exclusion. Parents must pay £60 if they pay within 28 days; or £120 if they pay within 42 days.

Amendments to 2007 regulations will reduce the timescales for paying a penalty notice. Parents must, from 1 September 2013, pay £60 within 21 days or £120 within 28 days. This brings attendance penalty notices into line with other types of penalty notices and allows local authorities to act faster on prosecutions.

farmerboy

themull1 wrote: »

Did you have to supply your birth certificate to show you would be 40?

No, they just granted it, but as the OH works at the school they know us anyway

mrcow

peachyprice wrote: »

Make sense really, if schools have previously had a large number of applications for term time holidays at certain times of year they can now decide that they will have their holidays to suit their community, surely that means everyone will be happy? The school won't have unauthorised absences messing up their stats and the parents can have cheap holidays/time off for religious festivals without being penalised.

How does it make sense?

What happens if you've got three children in three different schools? How are you ever going to co-ordinate that?

tankgirl1

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

I'm sorry but a holiday is a luxury and not an entitlement. I've forsaken many a holiday when my children were younger due to the extra costs involved. Now I'm child-free and can afford to go on holiday during term-time I don't appreciate sharing my pool-side with screaming brats who should be in school

I'd rather pay the fine or beg the headteacher, so that DS actually gets to experience a staycation or two during his childhood! His childhood is more important than a black mark against my name!

No way can I even start to afford a school holiday break, not even in the tent! I am a self employed single mum, working like mad to get my business off the ground.

DS deserves a holiday, and I graft like hell!

Abroad is out of the question, our holidays have always been camping trips within a 150 mile radius, but now camp sites are charging extortionate amounts, and insisting on a minimum 7 day stay during school holidays! Just no!

I will fight this ridiculous rule so that my 95% plus attendance DS can experience at least a bit of a holiday!

jellyhead

Have you seen the Break Free holidays thread? A lot of people have posted on the sun holidays thread that they've managed to get a cheap holiday in the school holidays from break free. Or I've got a sun code if you want to have a look at what's available in school holidays? We're not using it, we're staying in travelodge for this year's summer holiday, classy, lol!