We authorise time off if immediate family are ill abroad or things like that. I think the reason less holidays are authorised is that often a kid will come in with a note saying they are going on holiday in 2 days time. Never going to be agreed but we obviously can't stop them.

I have known students to miss 2/3 weeks to visit Bangladesh or Pakistan and after a certain number of days the student will be taken off roll.

All are issued fines which i think were £50 per parent, per child.

As a school, we are continually badgered about attendance levels and what we are doing to improve them.
However, we are a secondary school and i accept that it is very different to primary. I dont believe a child should be removed from secondary education during termtime at all.

What the law saysHolidays during term time - what the law says
You should not normally take your child on holiday in term time - it can be disruptive both to your child's learning and to the school. Schools will only consider holidays in term time where both

rlhttps://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Schoolslearninganddevelopment/SchoolLife/DG_4016103rl

The way the daughters school is being run this new term I feel like taking her out permanently, useless head teacher

It was a joke, ffs. I don't care about your spelling, merely pointing out the mistakes you'd made whilst advocating taking your daughter out of school, just thought it was pretty ironic.

Obviously I touched a nerve.

Well my holiday request form went in yesterday. Let's see how I get on.....

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