School Holiday Fines

sheramber

As an employee I was entitled to only one day off for a funeral for a family member unless I was executor of the estate .Then I could have three days. Only a few hours as necessary for a friend' s funeral.

Since the three year old child is not required by law to attend school there would not be any fine for her.

WYOOM1989

Just wondering if the fine was a daily fine or for the whole period the child (or children) are off?

foxster99

Just wondering if the fine was a daily fine or for the whole period the child (or children) are off?

It's not a daily fine. Its per absence regardless of duration.

However, if an absence is extended then the school may skip issuing a fine and go straight to prosecution or just off-roll the child.

purpleweasel

joining rather late but someone told me the other day that if your child is aged under 5 and you take them out of school you can't be fined as they are under compulsory school age. Is this true? Sorry if it's already been answered!

JGB1955

purpleweasel wrote: »

joining rather late but someone told me the other day that if your child is aged under 5 and you take them out of school you can't be fined as they are under compulsory school age. Is this true? Sorry if it's already been answered!

Your child is of "compulsory school age" on the 1st January, 1st April or 1st September following their 5th birthday. Children becoming 5 years old between 1st January and 31st March are of compulsoryschool age at the beginning of the term after 1st April. Fines can't be applied if your child isn't of compulsory school age so...if your child has their 5th birthday on (say) 2 September, you can't be fined for any unauthorised absence before the following 1 January.

Orville

Hi.

My son has just taken his GCSE's.

He has now started sixth form college. Can we be fined if he were to go on holiday in term time?.

foxster99

Orville wrote: »

Hi.

My son has just taken his GCSE's.

He has now started sixth form college. Can we be fined if he were to go on holiday in term time?.

Not if he's not of compulsory school age i.e. he's not in Y11 (or before).

Spendless

Orville wrote: »

Hi.

My son has just taken his GCSE's.

He has now started sixth form college. Can we be fined if he were to go on holiday in term time?.

No you can't be, He's no longer what is called CSA (Compulsory school age) He stopped being it the last Friday in June of yr11, this is regardless of where birthday falls in the academic year.

Be aware that sixth forms may have the criteria that students are expected to meet x % attendance in order to continue their course.

ricci1003

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ricci1003

Parents are.missing the elephant in the room.
'Never let your schooling interfere with your education.'
- Mark Twain

'Teachers aren’t employed to develop minds, but to destroy them. '
- John Taylor Gatto - New York school teacher for 26 years – In his acceptance speech

'I teach how to fit into a world I don’t want to live in.'
- John Taylor Gatto - New York school teacher for 26 years – In his acceptance speech,

'The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.'
- Albert Einstein

'Education’ has produced a vast population able to read, but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. - G. M. Trevelyan

'It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.'
- Albert Einstein

'If the teacher is ignorant, how can the student be expected to be any better?'
- Rick Moore

'If there is no place for pleasure in teaching, surely our Teaching has failed us altogether.'
- Kenneth Eble