if their overall attendance is excellent (notwithstanding illness) then the schools should be flexible if the leave period doesn’t impact on key elements of the year / curriculum.
Don’t school grants get based on attendance at certain parts of the year? Obviously head teachers want all bums on seats during those periods.
Alternatively you could change religion as you can take religious holidays off without penalty.
And do the rules apply to academy schools who have opted out of the normal frameworks?? Cant see how they can enforce much if they have opted out of Local Authority control.
Usual stuff – apply common sense and rationality. If there is a genuinely important family event etc meaning you have to miss a few term days then you go. If you get fined then just take it on the chin. I hardly think that you will be upset by that when looking back on your life but you may well be upset about missing something like a large family event or doing something that bonds your family or is just plain old fashioned fun.
screw gove and all his policies. If he or any of his team had been in the profession before being an MP / in government then you may be able to take him a bit more seriously but the guy is a chump. And ugly.
