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The floodgates could open for more parents to take their children out of school during term time after a landmark ruling...
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'High Court rules in favour of dad who took his daughter on holiday in term time '
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  • Caterina
    Caterina Posts: 5,919 Forumite
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    Great news, at last a sensible piece of news. Let's hope that the local authorities now will concentrate on prosecuting the families of the real truants.
    Finally I'm an OAP and can travel free (in London at least!).
  • Sunny_Saver
    Sunny_Saver Posts: 3,049 Forumite
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    If parents take children out of school during term time for holidays, that's up to them.

    However, if their children fall behind or do not pass their exams, then they shouldn't blame the school.

    Likewise if there's school work to catch up on when the child returns, that, I believe, should be done in the child's own time. It should not be expected of the teacher to go over subjects the child missed at the expense of holding back other children's learning, ie during class.
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  • FredaJones
    FredaJones Posts: 29 Forumite
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    There is a very simple solution to this issue and I am astonished that it has not already been implemented.


    If parents want to take their children out of school then they should be free to do this it must become a legal requirement that the child still has to take all the missed classes and do all the missed homework - privately, at their own expense.


    No state teacher must be taken from their usual activities and no other child's education must be disrupted.
  • MABLE
    MABLE Posts: 4,193 Forumite
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    I for one hope the government close the loophole. How about the teachers adopt the same attitude and they take their holidays in term time.
  • vikingaero
    vikingaero Posts: 10,920 Forumite
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    FredaJones wrote: »
    There is a very simple solution to this issue and I am astonished that it has not already been implemented.


    If parents want to take their children out of school then they should be free to do this it must become a legal requirement that the child still has to take all the missed classes and do all the missed homework - privately, at their own expense.


    No state teacher must be taken from their usual activities and no other child's education must be disrupted.

    Don't think that will happen...ever.

    There's been loads of discussion on other threads on MSE about this. Responses range from they're only watching videos to they are getting a cultural experience.

    The whiny shouty parents that do this are the ones that don't read with or spend time helping their kids. They don't think of disruption to other children. Why would they? Chav used to be confined to the underclass but it now transcends all sections of society. Chav rulz.
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  • chattychappy
    chattychappy Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    edited 14 May 2016 at 9:48AM
    The real scandal that once again busy-body public officials have ignored the law and imposed "fines" on people without the legal authority to do so. Perhaps they should be made to do "citizenship" classes. And it took a "little man" to challenge the state.

    Teachers have their "Baker" days all because they don't want to work the odd Saturday or in the school hols. If the law's to be changed, let's start by getting rid of this practice.
  • @chattychappy I think you will find most teachers do work Saturdays. Teachers' work does not finish 3.30 when the children go home!

    The number of teaching days a year is specified in law so moving the teacher training days wouldn't make any difference.
  • Pincher
    Pincher Posts: 6,552 Forumite
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    One week in year one, and they moved me up one year in kindergarten. I missed a whole year's worth of initial social training. They used to chase me in the school yard and call me Big Head, because I never learned other people are ignorant and stupid and are threatened by genius.


    In the end, I had to work with computers, to stay away from the lynch mob with pitch forks.


    If only I hadn't missed the first year in kindergarten. :D
  • FredaJones
    FredaJones Posts: 29 Forumite
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    The real scandal that once again busy-body public officials have ignored the law and imposed "fines" on people without the legal authority to do so. Perhaps they should be made to do "citizenship" classes. And it took a "little man" to challenge the state.

    Teachers have their "Baker" days all because they don't want to work the odd Saturday or in the school hols. If the law's to be changed, let's start by getting rid of this practice.



    So you are saying if teachers were prepared to move their training days to Saturdays, there would not longer be a reason for parents to take their children out of school during term time to go on their hols?
  • chattychappy
    chattychappy Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    FredaJones wrote: »
    So you are saying if teachers were prepared to move their training days to Saturdays, there would not longer be a reason for parents to take their children out of school during term time to go on their hols?

    No. I said what you quoted.
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