Miss school, Miss out!
A reminder that family holidays in term time will not be authorised and families may be eligible for a fixed penalty notice if they take holidays in term time. The current fine is £80 per parent, per child, per week, rising to £160 is not cleared within 28 days. This is a national initiative to reduce attendance concerns. The fines are issued by the local authority, not school, and the money does not come to school or the Trust, it is retained by the local authority.
Children have 13 weeks per year of holiday time and 38 weeks of term time, when they are expected to be in school, learning and preparing for the next stages of their development.
Unfortunately we seeing a rise in family holidays during term time and we have quite a few requests at present. This is disappointing at this crucial time of the year, meaning that children are missing out on the important social skills and team building focus points in addition to their curriculum fundamentals.
Every day counts – attendance is directly linked to positive academic success and well-being, we encourage families to support us by ensuring pupils are in school, ready to learn during term time.
Thank you for your continued support.