I don’t actually agree with the new fines - they’re too extreme, especially for families like mine where it’s near impossible for one parent to get annual leave during school hols. Since we’ve had kids in school, the only time my husband has been able to get off during school holidays is one week at Christmas one year. What are we supposed to do, never go on holiday? We took my daughter out for one week at the start of this school year to go abroad (last Sept), that was following her reception year where she had 100% attendance. And since we got back from that holiday she’s had perfect attendance too. Should we be forced to pay £80 each per child so we could go on future holidays with our kids? Absolutely not it’s absurd. HOWEVER
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Mrs and Mrs Hobson, billionaires who “don’t need to work” absolutely do not need to take their kids out of school multiple times a year!!! It’s disgusting, especially during a school year where the kids have actually moved school. There needs to be some kind of tiered system for the fines for repeat offenders like these idiots