School

[missychrissy]

Hi :wavey: everyone i am new to this so here go's
just want some info, i have got to take my son out of school for over 2 weeks, i know some school's really frown apon it and some i herd charge u. :nonono: he is not a child who has lots of time off ( i think he has'nt had anytime off since september).
any ideas what they might say or do???? he is 8 years old and is in year 3 at primary school

[ameliaUK]

depends what year he is in really,our scholl do not authorise time off at all,others seem to,each scholl seems to be different

[wazzimama]

i'm not so sure what they'll do other than make it down as an unauthorised absense... ds is only allowed 10 days a year for holidays, and we ended up with 2 unauthorised days

[sunsetlakes]

It really does depend on the school. We take our son out of school for our holidays for 2 weeks each school year. We have to write a letter to the school advising them of the dates. Yes they frown upon it but otherwise we have had no problems.

[disneyholic07]

:wave: HI AND WELCOME TO THE DIBB :wave:

[Rossalino]

Hi :wavey: everyone i am new to this so here go's
just want some info, i have got to take my son out of school for over 2 weeks, i know some school's really frown apon it and some i herd charge u. :nonono: he is not a child who has lots of time off ( i think he has'nt had anytime off since september).
any ideas what they might say or do???? he is 8 years old and is in year 3 at primary school

Hi,

I'm in the same position as you - we need to take our two out for 12 days. DS is 8 and in Year 3 same as yours and DD is 7 and in Year 2. Our old headmaster was OK about signing off holidays but the new headmistress has said that we can only take them out in EXCEPTIONAL circumstances. Fortunately we had booked this holiday before she sent the letter out stating this so I'm hoping I'm not going to have too much trouble. Like you, my two don't have hardly any time off but I'm still getting myself worked up about asking for the time off!

[summerlily2002]

My DD is 5 and in reception class, Her holiday in May that i requested has been unauthorised by her school, its only 8 days! as some of our holiday is in half term.

I'm still taking her as this holiday has been booked before she even started school.


Welcome by the way! :spin:

[The-JAXX]

hi and welcome

[Maddie]

Hi and Welcome. I'm so glad my children are no longer of school age. It all depends on which LEA you come under I suppose. Hopefully you will not be penalised. Good luck!

Maddie

[hayleyandhilda]

Hi welcome to the Dibb

a child is allowed upto 20 sessions (10 FULL DAYS) of authorised absence per academic year, but as others have said this all depends on the head teacher of the school it is their choice wether or not to authorise it. good luck with it though

[Kimberley Halfo]

I've taken my son out every year for 10-14 days. (usuallu Florida and then a center parcs trip in the Autumn).He's currently a year 3 and |I also now have one in Reception . Yes you're right the general rule is for 10 days per academic year. I'm a school governor and because each school has an attendance target set by their LEA it can be frowned upon. However, if your child has good attendance the rest of the year they really aren't concerned, trust me many more children have a very poor attendance record and it's nothing to do with being taken out for a family holiday. These are the ones the EWO (Education Welfare Officer) is interested in.

[sally_collingw]

Hi
Our schools allow 10 days per year until the children reach senior school.
Hope this helps

[Funkymum]

Hi & welcome to the Dibb :wavey:
My DD's school allow them 10 days holiday & so do most schools in our area.

[Super Ali]

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[zdickens]

Hi and welcome

[missl]

welcome my DS is in yr2 and he was off for 2wks in sept when we went allowed 10 days others go as unauthorised

[lotti]

we are going for more than my ds7 alocated days off school too, i have booked the correct days with the school and one of my family members is going to ring the school when we are due to return make out they are me and tell them my ds has picked up a viral infection from the airplane.
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[DebbieJRoss]

:thumbs-up hi and welcome, we have always went on the last day of June so trying to avoid taking them off school. P3 shouldnt be too bad especially if they have a very good attendance record, good luck :thumbs-up Debbie

[Armanaleg]

Hello and Welcome to the Dibb :wavey:

[Scarlett95]

Welcome! :wave:

[solo]

HI :wavey: & welcome to the DIBB!!! x.x ( I used to take my DD's out of school when they were in primary with no problems, have a word with the school and see what they say, you should be fine!)

[simba]

welcome to the DIBB
my kids are allowed 10 days then you have to pay a fee if you want more days

[chlobo29]

:wavey: Hi and welcome to the DIBB :thumbs-up

[liamaxina]

:wave: Hi. Welcome to the Dibb. :wave:

If you think his school are going to make a fuss, or charge you, don't tell them. Have him come down with a case of scarlet fever or something! I know its not ideal lying but until the governement stop travel companies from ripping people off during school holidays they must expect people to take their kids out of school. I always took my son out of school for holidays - as a single parent I had no choice. He is now at university so it hasn't done him any harm.