Term time holidays court cases dropped

The fines need to be increased significantly, to stop this happening.

why is that Ian? serious question

are you concerned about children's education or more children on site during term time?

Both.

a fair and honest answer!

I have seen no evidence whatsoever that taking one's kid off school for a week or even two weeks is irresponsible parenting insofar that it results in a poorer education for the youngsters.

Have you examined the evidence?  In fact, is there any actual evidence available either for or against?  In my view it's virtually impossible to supply robust evidence on this issue as the variables cannot be controlled.  My gut feeling, however, for what it's worth, is that I didn't want my children to miss a single minute of their schooling.  Not only is every second important but it sent a clear message to my children how much education should be valued.

I have seen no evidence whatsoever that taking one's kid off school for a week or even two weeks is irresponsible parenting insofar that it results in a poorer education for the youngsters.

Have you examined the evidence?  In fact, is there any actual evidence available either for or against?  

That's precisely my point.

Lots of hot air and pontificatiion about nothing factual.

I might as well say:

Kids who have most time off school suffer fewer illnesses as they are not exposed to the sneezy, measlely, chicken poxy, verruca'd kids who are at school. 

I have seen no evidence whatsoever that taking one's kid off school for a week or even two weeks is irresponsible parenting insofar that it results in a poorer education for the youngsters.

Have you examined the evidence?  In fact, is there any actual evidence available either for or against?  

That's precisely my point.

However, that's a lot of evidence that says children do better in education if their parents value it. 

 

Education is down to who is teaching it, and how schools are led,also it is the responsibility of parents to assist with said education, not just expect the schools do do it all, our children were given some work to do (not much)normally holiday oriented, by their school on the occasions that we took them out for our enforced annual leave roters

My mam used to say to me that you will go to school as in her time she did not have that opportunity and made sure that I did. We could not afford holidays in any event but that is not the point.

An odd week off during term time for a family holiday would've paled into insignificance compared to being taught by some of the teachers we had 'teaching' at my school. It was at the time a state grammar school and I can think of half a dozen of them that couldn't teach even if their lives had depended on it.

I also wonder why this law doesn't apply to private schools? My brother has two kids in a paid for school, he can take them out anytime he wants with no penalty, so this will apply to most MPs, including Gove, who brought this law in, but then they don't live in the real world do they. Neither does this law apply to home educated children. Seems totally unfair to me. Rock to crack a nut comes to mind, it was all changed due to some families taking their children out of the country for months at a time.

An odd week off during term time for a family holiday would've paled into insignificance compared to being taught by some of the teachers we had 'teaching' at my school. It was at the time a state grammar school and I can think of half a dozen of them that couldn't teach even if their lives had depended on it.

Write your comments here...Things haven't changed much then.  

I, like many, had to take holidays in a pecking order rota which entailed taking the children off school rather than being motivated by costs. One has a degree and the other is an HEO with ONS, so in the words of Janet Webb from the end of the Morcambe and Wise show "it never did me any harm"