Would you allow your child to skip school for some cheaper summer sunshine?

PasturesNew

The rules haven't changed, it's always been that parents shouldn't remove children from school to take a holiday, so it's not as if it's sneaked up on them.

If you can't afford a holiday where you'd like it during school holiday dates then that's just tough, you'll have to either go without, or find a holiday you can afford.

Marvel1

People have choices to habe children and should love with their choices - holidays during half term, they have enough. Adults who take the profession for example a teacher have to go during half term - their choice.

People who take their children away term time, i find that when there is a strike, they moan, hipercrities.

You can't go AWOL when you are employed, school is no different.

z1a

No need, we fly from Glasgow as Scottish hols are ending, somebody from Scotland could fly from England before English hols have started. Typically saves us £500 -£700 per hol.

vroombroom

Yes we do every year (DS starting Yr 4 in Sept). We usually go at the start of May and end of October, mainly as resorts tend to be a lot quieter and of course cheaper. But another big factor is not always being able to get the holidays off through our jobs - we were lucky to get Oct half term this year but will still book on the Wed or Thurs

svain

i would have no qualms to pull my kids out ... missing a few days here and there over the near 15 years they are in education wont hurt them. Benefits outweigh the negatives imo

Kentish_Dave

AndyPix wrote: »

yes but so is exploring a foreign country - a variety of experiences has to be better, and a parent may have no way of providing that experience apart from at a reduced rate

What’s the benefit of doing that as a school child rather than later, as an adult?

I don’t really buy the excuse either, there’s not a huge amount that they’ll take away in later life of even the most culturally enriching foreign experience, and that’s leaving aside the fact that many who say this were planning on taking them to Tenerife.

maman

svain wrote: »

i would have no qualms to pull my kids out ... missing a few days here and there over the near 15 years they are in education wont hurt them. Benefits outweigh the negatives imo

Only benefit I can see is saving money. Negatives have been posted previously.

Cash-Cows

Definitely no for me. Plus I would be ashamed to get a fine.

Which is another point. The fines are too low. If fines were £1000 then there would be no savings and people wouldn't do it.

LandyAndy

Artytarty wrote: »

No no no.
It's important that children see parents respect rules.
T.

This is the important point for me.

Showing children that 'rules are for other people' is a slippery slope.

pollypenny

I fail to understand why this topic has been started by MSE Molly, as he admits it's been discussed regularly and it's not often brought out the best in people.

The ability to take a child out of school for a holiday was always a concession to those parents who had no choice about their own time off. It was never meant to grab a cheaper holiday.