[Jorgebear]

Responding to the op’s original post... not getting into the debate.

We are going to Florida in May, this will be two weeks out of school for all my children. Being in Scotland there is no likelyhood of any fine however the children’s absence will be likely ‘unauthorised’ however it will likely be their only absence from school. Two of my children are in primary my third is at secondary however I have no concerns taking them out of school. The emotional and wellbeing benefits to all of us and the additional collective experiential benefits far outweigh to me any missed school learning opportunities. I do not believe my children’s education will be impacted significantly by this ( and for us it absolutely is) once in a lifetime family holiday which we could not afford during a school holiday period. My children’s schooling is over 11 years, 2 weeks out is not going to impact their overall learning.