By law, the school cannot authorise holidays in term time. If your child takes an unauthorised period of leave of absence from school  then it is likely parents/carers will be required to pay a fine.

For each child that incurs unauthorised absence, each parent can be fined £160. This means that if 2 parents have 3 children then this would be 6 fines altogether.

Families should ensure that relatives are aware of this, ensuring the holiday dates above are adhered to, in order to avoid costly penalties.