Teachers of today

I'm confused, this is from our current Devon County Council page.
For a request to be authorised by the school then it must be evidenced that the request meets the criteria of ‘exceptional circumstances.’ The law does not grant parents/carers a right to take their children out of school during term time. Only Head Teachers can authorise an absence.
Only Headteachers can decide.
The fines set by the LEA are a separate issue.

I have one DGC whose Head has agreed an absence this summer, yet her sibling, in a different school, has not had it authorised by the Head.

I’m a mother, grandmother, retired teacher and , until recently, a school governor so I can see this from many points of view. I wasn’t teaching when my children were young and we took them away every June for 2 weeks ( adding a week on to the half term so they missed 1 week of school. The reason was different from other equally good reasons already mentioned. My DH felt that he and I were the ones who needed a holiday. He worked long hours in a stressful job and found it difficult to get time off in the school holidays. He had to deputise for his boss and was governed by his schedule. Whilst I feel that nothing is more important than education for a child there are other aspects of a family’s situation which are also important. The solution would be to allow a period of time (perhaps a week ) each year for a child to be on holiday.

escaped - possibly LAs differ- my experience is in Kent.

I am a bit puzzled by the heading of this thread. Why is the blanket criticism implicit in the heading followed up by an uncredited remark by an unknown, male teacher stating the that "It is not the kid's fault etc"? The OP then wonders "How the kids he teaches will end up like"(sic).

IMO teachers are there to teach the 3Rs initially and then individual subjects at secondary level. How the future of the next generation depends on teachers opinions and not their parents upbringing puzzles me. Teachers only see children during school-time they can only shape children's opinions in a very limited way in comparison with the children's parents.