Parents’ fury at headteacher’s term time holiday to watch World Cup in Brazil
The Telegraph is reporting that a primary school whose headmaster took two weeks off work to travel to Brazil for the World Cup during term time has infuriated parents saying different rules of absence...
View ArticleFamily to launch legal fight against school ban on term-time holidays
The Times is reporting that a parent is set to launch a legal challenge against rules which prevent families from taking their children for holidays during term time… James Haymore, who was summoned to...
View ArticleTourism chiefs: School term holiday ban ‘costing jobs’
In an interesting twist on the term time holiday ban debate, tourism chiefs are suggesting the new rules are damaging Britain’s tourist trade and costing jobs. This is from the Western Daily Press…...
View ArticleLet police take their children out of school in term, says chief constable
The Telegraph is reporting that a police chief has caused anger by asking schools to “look favourably” on term-time holiday requests from officers… Chief Constable Justine Curran wrote to headteachers...
View ArticleCouple given criminal record for taking children on holiday during term time
ITV News is reporting that a couple from Coventry who took their children on holiday to Australia during term time have been given criminal records… The parents, who cannot be identified to protect the...
View ArticleBanning term-time holidays is ‘discrimination against working-class families’
The TES is reporting that a leading trade unionist is claiming fining parents for taking their children on holiday during term time amounts to “discrimination against working-class families” who cannot...
View ArticleJanet Street-Porter: Give parents a break – let them take their kids away in...
Columnist Janet Street-Porter, writing in the Mail, has her say on the growing debate over term-time holidays and suggests more flexibility and a four term school year are required… This week I am in...
View ArticleToday’s poll: Is the term-time holiday ban a breach of human rights?
The BBC is reporting that campaign group Liberty has taken on the case of a couple who say their human rights were infringed when they were fined for taking their child out of school during term time....
View ArticleTerm-time holiday ‘human rights’ parents’ bid backed by campaigners
The BBC is reporting that campaigners are backing a couple who say their human rights were infringed when they were fined for taking their child out of school during term time… James and Dana Haymore,...
View ArticleFamily of severely disabled boy barred from taking term-time holiday
The Independent is reporting that the mother of a severely disabled teenager who has been given only a few years to live says she has been threatened with fines and prosecution if she takes him on a...
View ArticleGovt ‘out of touch’ on term-time holiday ban
Sky News has been interviewing some of the parents featured in recent high profile cases who say new rules banning holidays during school term time are penalising families who have no choice but to...
View ArticleMum defies council’s gagging order to speak out on term time holiday criminal...
The Sunday Times is reporting that a mother who was prosecuted for taking her children out of school during term time to ease the stress of caring for a dying relative has defied a council’s gagging...
View ArticleLondoners divided over whether parents should be able to take children out of...
The Evening Standard is reporting a London wide poll that suggests opinions are divided in the capital - sometimes along lines of age and sex - over whether parents should have the right to take...
View ArticlePrimary school headmaster investigated after taking time off to compete in...
The Telegraph is reporting that a headmaster chosen as a consultant to help struggling schools in London is being investigated after he took time off during term-time to compete in an international...
View ArticleSir Richard Branson wades into row over term-time holidays
The Telegraph is reporting that Sir Richard Branson has given his backing to a campaign to end the crackdown on parents who take their children on term-time holidays… The founder of Virgin Atlantic...
View Article‘Sharp rise’ in parental fines for term-time holidays
The BBC is reporting new research that suggests that the number of parental fines in England for children’s poor school attendance has risen sharply since the government ban on term-time holidays was...
View ArticleHead claims pupils who go on holiday in term do better
The Sunday Times is reporting that a head teacher has urged the government to scrap the ban on parents taking their children out of class for cheap holidays after his own study suggested that pupils...
View ArticleTerm-time holiday fines – Ofsted’s ridiculous inspections have never helped...
Writing in the Guardian, Michele Hanson says schools are being driven to punish parents for exceptional-circumstance holidays out of fear of Ofsted’s unfair reaction… …I blame Gove. He may have moved...
View ArticleParents fined for taking child out of school for holiday with terminally ill...
The Evening Standard is reporting that a couple have been fined £120 for taking their 13-year-old son out of school to go on holiday with his terminally ill grandfather… Trevor and Joanne Cannon asked...
View ArticleCase dropped against term-time holiday parents
The BBC is reporting that legal action has been dropped against parents who took their child out of school without permission, as the family has moved to the US… James and Dana Haymore, from...
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