holidays

Exactly Lillie. Our DGC will miss three days of school after the half term holiday as they are on a planned holiday from mid way in the previous week, but the experiences they will have will far outweigh the potential losses. Their parents have made no secret of it and because it is less than a week will not be fined, I don't blame them at all. However, with my school governor head on I know that some, please note I say some, parents were seriously abusing school absences and there needed to be a change. I'm not sure that the current system is the right change, it does discriminate. It is often debated in and out of school, but without a change in the law little can be done. Perhaps the teachers and ex teachers could share their thoughts on a better system?

Sorry, I think holidays are valuable time spent together with the family, and I would have no problem in allowing parents to take their children out of school for a reasonable period of time. No need to make up stories about being "ill" when one of the children is bound to let it slip anyway!
Education does matter, but so does quality time with one's children, and the difference in cost between term time versus school holidays can often mean a holiday or no holiday at all.

You can actually hand over cash and be allowed to take your kids out of school to go on holiday?

So, one law for the better off and another for the poor! Diabolical!

I'm on the side of the fibbers.

Well those children are learning a lot from their parents -education doesn't matter as much as getting cheaper deals on holidays. Not impressed at either of them.