I dont really do package holidays. Over the last 20 years I’ve prob done 3 or 4.
My daughter is 14 and during first school she was taken out of school for a week of skiing every year with full permission from the head master. His words were “she’ll learn more there than a week at school”
She has also been to non ski destinations during school time, again with the headmasters blessing.
She is now in high school and has had the odd day off due to flight times or just deciding we didn’t want to come home as early as planned.
Strangely, she doesn’t seem to be suffering at school? Top set for every subject (just got top in her year for science out of 360 kids) and is regularly away on school trips (gifted and talented) that takes her away from her lessons.
She loses lesson time for school plays (she is very much into drama, in and out of school, going to NY next year and has performed at the Royal Albert hall, Disney land Paris and many more), but still strangely she does well at school.
I don’t thinks it’s as black and white as most make out. A bit of common sense needs to be added.
Edit: just to add before the hand wringing starts, she also passed her karate cadet black belt at 10 (I train at the same club and passed mine 6 months later so I know what it entailed!) has spent a few weeks away with the club training twice a day, she can ski, is getting to grips with snowboarding but hates biking?
There is different types of education IMO not just sending you child out at 8:30 in morning and hoping for the best.