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The law only exists because teachers / headteachers copped out of making the decisions they always used to make in the best interests of the individual children/families concerned (and I know, because I used to discuss them with the headteacher when I was Chair of Governors for our local primary...

and if those rich kids are at state school, they will just suck up the fine for a cheaper and quieter holiday on the slopes. It penalises the poorer families and acts as no deterrent to the rich.

So, it's OK for the already privileged rich to stump up a small fine they can easily afford to go somewhere they have probably been several times before just to have a cheaper/quieter holiday on the slopes... but the poor kid, hoping for the holiday of a lifetime in a caravan in Wales, who can't...