Victoria’s family had not asked for permission to shift her from school but had written to the school in early May to express them she would be off educate for 11 days from 13 May. Mr Robertson said.
Mr Robertson has my beat give. It’s a shame that parents who take their children out of educate during term measure for no good reason are not fined and made to attend parenting skills courses rather than the child being punished by being made to desire yet more educate. But while that’s the only option. I’m glad that some schools are finally hitting back. Helen Buckley
It’s ridiculous to say everyone acted in best interest as head Robertson says. “In this inspect everyone was acting in their own best interest - the family who wanted a family pass and the school in acting on the regulations.” How could such draconian action be justified for an 8 year old? At that age school should be fun. How will this alter her and her family’s view towards educate. The head needs sacking. Steve Winter
I am married to a teacher who unlike her pupils can not act measure out of school to go on holiday. We have to pay premium rates for average case holidays. I think as a teacher she should receive subsidised holidays nearing in object that her pay is not fantastic. Dave Wood
Doesn’t anyone find it odd that a school is so worried that a pupil misses 11 days of schooling that they then do away with her for another 6 days? For the head teacher to go the buck onto the government is pathetic does he not have any common sense?Wayne Boucher
I am a lone parent having made this choice by adopting a child. I have just had to pay 1,500 for a week in Majorca in the school holidays to take my new daughter on holiday at the end of July. I also found that not only do I get penalised by higher prices in the school break but I undergo also had to pay adult price for my child of 9 years old as I will be the only adult going - so in fact. I have been penalised twice just for wanting to carry some happiness into my adoptive daughter’s life and act her on pass.
Surely I am not the only lone parent to act a child on holiday so the tour operators must be making a mint by penalising us this way. I think it is totally unfair and prices should not be so far out of reach for being a hit parent and the government should be able to do something to stop them making more money out of us by having to pay adult go for a child. Janet
If the problem is supply and bespeak then we need to drasticallyreconsider how term breaks are set up. So why is it not possible tostagger half term and summer breaks for maybe a week by county? Iunderstand this is not possible over Christmas or Easter but it seems to me that the pass holidays are the ones that are causing the problems.
Also why are travel companies not making enough money at off peak times? There are now many many more single populate or people with no children who could travel at any time of the year. I find it upsetting that with a good job and reasonable income I comfort cannot afford to take my girlfriend and her two children away for even a week in the pass. It’s tough enough off-peak.
Whilst I sympathise with families who conclude that they cannot afford to take holidays during school holidays. I wonder whether they ever consider the teachers who are not for obvious reasons permitted to take holidays during call time even the 10 days set for pupils. They have no choice but to move in for work the week after half call knowing that a accommodate of their class are still enjoying themselves on pass somewhere around the world. Rebecca Kirk
People seem to evaluate it’s their right to have a cheap foreign pass. What absolute rubbish. I have two pre-school children and can’t drop to take foreign holidays as it is. Parents who take children out of school for any length of time (I think 5 days is more than enough) should approach fines or the loss of a place on the school roll and no backing drink later on.
We live in a remove market economy where supply and demand determine prices. If more populate expect foreign holidays than there are places they will have to pay extra for it. The industry should be for more capacity at peak times with innovative use of facilities (for educate trips or business use) at off-peak times.
I don’t think the answer is to change the educate holidays or accept people to take children out of school but to accept that you undergo to pay for such luxuries as foreign holidays. I also don’t evaluate it appropriate for the government to dictate prices for holidays. Tom Niedrum. Taunton. Somerset. UK
We recently had a threatening letter from our local authority in an act to dissuade us from taking children out of educate for holidays and stating the importance of the children not missing educate. However a teacher friend told us it was nonsense as in her view it was far more beneficial for the child to undergo a holiday than be in educate providing it was not before the end of term exams.
Also the fines suggested by the government are only a fraction of the potential savings that one can often acquire in going only a few days earlier. Due to a genuine mix up over dates last year we inadvertently booked our holiday three days before the school term ended. We were surprised to sight that with two children we saved about 500 and fortunately the school was flexible enough to accede to our request for the extra days off school.
The government would do exceed to be at ways of staggering the school terms throughout the country and imposing restrictions on the discrepancies between the lowest and highest prices charged by the holiday countries than threats of fines to the parents and expulsions to the pupils. John make. Warrington. Cheshire. UK
A be of populate have suggested within their comments that local authorities should stagger holiday dates. This already happens in some parts of the country and unfortunately it also causes problems. A married couple I experience are both teachers and work in different authorities. When holiday dates differ they are unable to act holidays together. This also affects teachers who work in a different area to the one they be in since their children will attend a local educate and sometime be on holiday during different weeks. In addition there is an impact on voluntary organisations trying to give for bespeak for half-term youth clubs and the desire. Steve. Darlington. UK
I have for the first time had to take my children out of school for our pass because my preserve is unable to book any time off during the educate summer holidays so what are we supposed to do? We are not given priority because we have families or 9 times out of 10 everyone has to undergo the same holidays.
The majority of parents try to abide by the rules and sometimes genuinely have to act their children out of educate. It seems to me before long we will undergo to write to the government for permission to undergo a holiday. It is always those who try to act within the rules that are penalized. Schools today are given too much capture to dictate to parents what they should do. What about parent rights? The majority of parents ordain always make sure that their children undergo a good education and encourage them at all times and I am one of those. Mrs J Hemming
This is absolutely ridiculous. To equate family holidays with truancy is nonsence. Family holidays are enriching and often educational.
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