Supreme Court upholds term-time ban on holidays

[northernladyuk]

I think you're making this up. Private school parents would never take their kids to Legoland, darlink.

You'd be surprised.

[tomtomagain]

I guess I'll have to just call the school from the side of the pool and explain they are sick - again!

[vwdan]

In my experience many schools are run by fascists with a God complex and an over-inflated sense of worth. I `look forward` to a number of arguments when Mini VWDan is school age. Not least of all because of his medical complications - some of the tulip other parents have had from schools is untrue.

[BrilloPad]

I think you're making this up. Private school parents would never take their kids to Legoland, darlink.

I bit you take your kids to cathedrals and classical concerts.

In Victorian times, you would have given them a trip to look at the lunatics in the asylum...

[rl4engc]

As I see it there are two options now

1) Sickie for a week, no doctors note. So 9 days max holiday.
2) Take the time off anyway, pay the holiday tax school fine, save a fortune on price hikes, jobs a good'un. Unless Tarquin gets expelled upon his return of course.

I remember in my day, we were on holiday in term time, the school had an athletics event nearby which I was due to compete in. I attended the event with my schoolfriends, then resumed the holiday.

[quackhandle]

The dad is talking on This Morning now (WFH, not the bench ) he's going to take his daughter out of the school and put her in private one.

Not sure if that will solve the issue?

I think he's getting a taste of enjoying being in the limelight.

qh

[sasguru]

In Victorian times, you would have given them a trip to look at the lunatics in the asylum...

Maybe you should charge entry to your house?

[The_Equalizer]

The dad is talking on This Morning now (WFH, not the bench ) he's going to take his daughter out of the school and put her in private one.

Not sure if that will solve the issue?

I think he's getting a taste of enjoying being in the limelight.

qh

Double win for the tax payer.

[sal]

I guess I'll have to just call the school from the side of the pool and explain they are sick - again!

The problem with claiming that the kid is sick is that the kid needs to play his/hers role. Younger ones just don't have the discipline to lie, older ones will splatter holiday snaps all over the interwebs and blow their "cover". Not to mention getting back to school with a nice tan is a giveaway.

Not sure what the schools policies are in this situations.

The simplest solution is to have something like 5 days "annual leave" to be used at the parent discretion with some form of approval from the school to avoid missing important events like exams etc.

[vetran]

I bit you take your kids to cathedrals and classical concerts.

In Victorian times, you would have given them a trip to look at the lunatics in the asylum...

why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home?