Term-time holiday father wins at High Court

[Ripped-Off]

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I'm sure that they recently said that fines from parents gave the Education system a pretty decent income

Totally agree. The fines are a joke and are just imposed as a way for the government to siphon off some of the money from the tour operators. If the government were really serious they'd increase the fine to say £50 for each day absent from school. That way a 2 week fine would be about equivalent to the difference in cost of a non term time holiday.

[charitynjw]

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What about a disabled child who needs to go to other places for their disability, they may not be regular attenders owing to those types of issues.

Direct & indirect?

[Celestine]

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If the government were really serious they'd increase the fine to say £50 for each day absent from school. That way a 2 week fine would be about equivalent to the difference in cost of a non term time holiday.

Sssshhhhhh! You'll give Nicky Morgan ideas....and she doesn't get many to be fair.

[EXC]

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I wonder if the privileged kids are remotely affected.. as long's their parents keep paying their expensive fees am sure those posh kids can go on holidays when said parents book them without being penalised £60

Not so. Both my nieces go to fee paying schools and they are extremely strict about no holidays in term time, as are their parents.

[charitynjw]

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Not so. Both my nieces go to fee paying schools and they are extremely strict about no holidays in term time, as are their parents.

At my school, you were hardly able to get out out at all.

& it was very exclusive! (you had to be recommended by Magistrates to get in!)

[MIKE770]

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At my school, you were hardly able to get out out at all.

& it was very exclusive! (you had to be recommended by Magistrates to get in!)

Oh! yes and they reccomended you joined us in the Boys Army! many in those days reccomended to join us by the Magistrates hahahahaha true though, bet they do not now!!

[ostell]

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And I'm about to take granddaughter off school for the last day of term to go to France with us. Seriously, what amount of work, if any, is done on the last day of term? She's 12 so not at a critical stage, in the top classes of her year.
Done it before and she is now happy, rather than embarrassed, to try out her French language skills. Even does the ordering in the cafes and bars. In the location bar/restaurant is quite happy to go to the bar to get her own drink and pay for it. (Jus de pomme). She even gets the kiss on both cheeks from the owner of the site.
Better than faffing about on the Isle of Wight for a week doing outdoor activities!

[charitynjw]

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And I'm about to take granddaughter off school for the last day of term to go to France with us. Seriously, what amount of work, if any, is done on the last day of term? She's 12 so not at a critical stage, in the top classes of her year.
Done it before and she is now happy, rather than embarrassed, to try out her French language skills. Even does the ordering in the cafes and bars. In the location bar/restaurant is quite happy to go to the bar to get her own drink and pay for it. (Jus de pomme). She even gets the kiss on both cheeks from the owner of the site.
Better than faffing about on the Isle of Wight for a week doing outdoor activities!

Mangetout, Rodders!

[leclerc]

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What about a disabled child who needs to go to other places for their disability, they may not be regular attenders owing to those types of issues.

I was looking at specifically a definition that would clearly show what was an irregular attendance at school and in fact that rate is 85%.
[MENTION=39331]ostell[/MENTION] I think the DoE would disagree on the one day absence https://www.gov.uk/government/news/j...s-life-chances

[ostell]

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@ostell I think the DoE would disagree on the one day absence https://www.gov.uk/government/news/j...s-life-chances

As I said what actual school work is done on the last day of term, even the last few days sometimes? She is still in the high attendance league and in the top set. The holiday's are not just sitting on the beach and by the swimming pool. Things like climbing tto the top of William the Conqueror's castle in Failaise (and showing grandma how to use the tablet that is the guide), the oyster farms, the market with the different and varied crops. And the sausage in a dish cloth, gallet saucisse, instead of a Macdonalds, going through the checkouts in the supermarket by herself with her own debit card.

[MIKE770]

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Strange - seems to me to be double standards i.e. school trips to France etc, those whose parents could not afford to pay for a trip had to stay behind in school and work in the school hall etc, yet those whose parents could afford the trip for 2 weeks etc had a holiday, site seeing, (educational trip my ass) so we who could not go attendance school 100%, those that went 89%, double standards i.e. rule for one and rule for another = Double Standards, like MPs etc those have dictate to those who have not!

[MIKE770]

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as for exams == well in my day you did 11+ then 13+, rest of the time doing proper lessons , not so called stats , education is a time event, more time learning and less time exams needed, as pressure put on pupils which in the end has negative effect!

also we found that those who went on school trips learnt nothing of use except that local boy with blonde hair and the likes!

all this is ,? is a cover up for poor education system which is in decline !

[leclerc]

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....and to continue of at a tangent, most pupils are taught how to pass exams during school days rather than to think with their own brains(just an observation).