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pam1 · 14-07-2008, 12:52

it was on the news yesterday that you can not take your kids out of school term for a holiday if you do you get find £50

***Mr D*** · 14-07-2008, 12:58

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Originally Posted by pam1

it was on the news yesterday that you can not take your kids out of school term for a holiday if you do you get find £50

£50.00 you would save more on the holiday than that.

emamum · 14-07-2008, 13:01

what if the school give you permission?

Loz · 14-07-2008, 13:04

Heard about something like this before and think it is stupid.
Some people can only get holidays at certain times so have no choice.
When i was at school i was always taken out of school the last two weeks in july before we broke up for the summer because it was the only time my parents could get time off work.

lancsdave · 14-07-2008, 13:05

Oh good they have halved it

Didn't it used to be £100 for the past few years since they brought it in. I think the words 'can be fined' not 'will be fined' spring to mind. Unless pam has seen something nobody else has seen

flashy · 14-07-2008, 13:10

its £50 per child, it was on GMTV this morning

i think its at the schools discretion

what i want to know is....where will the money be going?

school funds?
back to the government?
to buy some nice little cakes for the teachers?

emamum · 14-07-2008, 13:13

thanks flashy, couldnt find the story on the news sites.... best i can do atm> http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=30084

derekgas · 14-07-2008, 13:39

It is if people take thier kids away without schools permission, so, let me see, holiday in august @ £3000, or July at £2000, minus £50 fine, saves £950, Mmmmm, what shall I do?
Just for the record, I paid the August prices.

lancsdave · 14-07-2008, 14:00

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Plans to stop pupils being taken out of school during term time to go on holiday aren't making much difference.
Soon headteachers will be able to fine parents £100 if they choose to go on a family holiday without permission.

I've just taken the quote above from a story on the BBC website in 2004. It's nothing new.

I haven't yet had to go in term time, living in the Pendle area the holidays up to 2 years ago were different than standard time anyway, particularly the September one, which was great for prices

Then some tin pot county councillors in their ivory offices decided to scrap them and make everyone have the same term times.

I would consider it but it would depend on what year the kids were in. Lets face it they do ****** all in the last couple of weeks before the holidays anyway

Tin Monkey · 14-07-2008, 14:00

Nice to have a choice when you do go on holiday. Teachers don't.

lancsdave · 14-07-2008, 14:04

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Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

Nice to have a choice when you do go on holiday. Teachers don't.

Thats a choice of vocation though TM. Teachers know that when they take on that career. Some parents don't even get the chance to have holidays during the school holiday time if they are at the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to the holiday rota in the company they work for, therefore they have to take holidays in term time.

shillelagh · 14-07-2008, 14:37

I always went on holiday either the 9th or at the latest 10th July when i was at school. Always went to Northern Ireland for the 12th and 13th and went for 2 weeks. It was the best time for dad to go and also to see all the relatives. There was only one year we didnt go and that was because my dad was ill and that was when i was in the 4th year at high school.

AccyMad · 14-07-2008, 15:08

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Oh good they have halved it

Didn't it used to be £100 for the past few years since they brought it in. I think the words 'can be fined' not 'will be fined' spring to mind. Unless pam has seen something nobody else has seen

No they haven't halved it, I thought that too when it was on GMTV this morning, but I was only half listening - when I heard the full report later on, turns out it's now 50 quid per day that your child is out of school

Tin Monkey · 14-07-2008, 16:03

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Thats a choice of vocation though TM. Teachers know that when they take on that career. Some parents don't even get the chance to have holidays during the school holiday time if they are at the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to the holiday rota in the company they work for, therefore they have to take holidays in term time.

I didn't say that it wasn't. I merely commented on the fact that teachers do not have a choice as to when they take holidays. I bet there'd be loads of parents complaining if there wasn't a teacher to teach their child because the teacher had 'gone on holiday'.

pipinfort · 14-07-2008, 16:11

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Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

Nice to have a choice when you do go on holiday. Teachers don't.

No, teachers have to fit their holidays into the 11 weeks or so that they get off every year...............must be a real pain.......