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fork me is right here. The impact on a single child missing some time off school is probably not significant and they can catch up as you say Albion Dan, but the impact on the class will be greater the more times this happens. Teachers plan their lessons over a term, and a child could miss a...

They must be delighted with how much respect you treat their profession with. Crikey. :eek:

I don't have all the answers, but I do know teachers prepare fairly detailed lesson plans for an entire term, and one child missing a week could mean that child then needs individual attention to catch them up. Multiply that by various children going away at different times and you have a lot...

It's all to do with Ofsted. School budgets are pretty much set per number of pupils you take in. Down on your numbers, your budget is reduced. Unfortunately many parents DO go off Ofsted for the selection of their school. Given a school can get marked down by Ofsted due to attendance, it is no...

Speak for yourself, for the past 2 years I've given up my spare time as a school governor and the wife is chair of the PTA. Can assure you I'm more than animated on the quality of education, but also that kids need to be there as much as possible to receive it.

ha ha you've just told me so much about yourself in such a simple paragraph.

We go camping most years. Holidays and memories don't have to be made on expensive vacations.

Is 14 weeks in which to take these holidays not enough? Is saving a few quid really justification for missing school?

Actually it's not the legislation that makes heads act, it's Ofsted with inspections linked with attendance. Even without legislation, heads wouldn't allow absence because it would impact on their grading.

What the legislation is for and who then falls foul of it are different things I think.

Bereavement leave is allowed, so not sure why that would have happened.

I'm not mixing up the difference, I stated how do you deal with different rules for different families? Who makes the call on which family's holiday is approved and which isn't? The head - do they need that responsibility / extra work deciding who can be off and who can't? That's how things have...

As with most laws, legislation etc. it is for the idiots, cheats and the ignorant. For most people, taking their kid on holiday, or out of school for a while won't have that big an impact, because most parents will be helping their kids with their learning, and broadening their experiences...