It's not though is it? As has been proven by this court case.

They should attend school regularly, not for every single minute that the school dictates.

And in terms of holidays, yes I mean ones involving a little culture, language, history or sights etc. along with some beach/pool time.

Optimistic as ever

Ultimately it will be cheaper than going through all the rigmarole of changing the law to tighten things up

My granddaughter goes to school in carlshalton,my daughter asked if she could take her out in term time for 2 weeks,so they could attend a wedding in Florida.
Not a problem they said,she has a top notch attendance record,and really good pupil.
They are now in Florida......

always a Norwood boy, where ever I live.

Travel agents don't set the prices as that's down to the tour operators, airlines and hotels etc.

Their defence would be that they don't load the prices during school holidays as they are the proper prices but they have to offer discounts at other times of the year in order to fill the planes / hotels etc

If they are the rip off merchants that everyone claims then how come Monarch were minutes from going bust last year and Thomas Cook has been a basket case for years

Many parents complain that the cost of going away in the school holidays can be four times as much as during term time - but the government says there is evidence "that every extra day of school missed can affect a pupil's chance of gaining good GCSEs, which has a lasting effect on their life chances".

Please explain how a child in year 5 is going to fail their GCSE's by having a few weeks off school 4 years before they sit the exam.

just another example of those people who were bullied at school getting a job with a modicom of power, traffic wardens of the education world.

"It's not the bullet that's got my name on it that concerns me; it's all them other ones flyin' around marked 'To Whom It May Concern.'"