Parents think their children will get remote teaching from school if they take them on holiday, Ofsted finds
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  • Feb 7, 2022
Parent fines for taking children on holiday during school time shot up by almost 30% last year
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  • Mar 27, 2020
Fines failing to stop term-time holidays
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  • Mar 27, 2020
Parents pay £10m fines for absence from school
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  • Feb 6, 2020
School absence fines 'rise by a fifth'
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  • Feb 5, 2020
One in 10 pupils misses lessons for unauthorised trips
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  • Jan 2, 2020
Almost one in 10 children miss lessons without the school's permission to go on holiday
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  • Jan 2, 2020
Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn 2018 and spring 2019
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  • Oct 10, 2019
Unauthorised absence for holidays at highest-ever rate
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  • Oct 10, 2019
Holiday in term time? No problem, prep schools tell parents as competition bites
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  • Jun 8, 2019
I was fined for taking my child to Jamaica, but I'm one of the lucky ones | Kehinde Andrews
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  • Jun 5, 2019
Unauthorised term-time holidays up 11%
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  • May 30, 2019
Couple who took child out of school for holiday face prison if they do it again
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  • May 2, 2019
Parents threatened with jail after taking child on holiday in term time
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  • May 2, 2019
Absence: Parent penalty notice system under fire
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  • Apr 3, 2019
School holiday fines double in just one year as councils crack down on trips during term time
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  • Mar 22, 2019
School holiday fines 'double in one year' after ruling it is illegal to take pupils out of term time
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  • Mar 22, 2019
School holiday fines rise by 75% in a year
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  • Mar 22, 2019
One million parents took their children on term time holidays last year, figures show
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  • Mar 21, 2019
Absence rates in schools continuing to rise
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  • Mar 21, 2019
Number of parents fined for term-time holidays at record level
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  • Mar 21, 2019
Family holidays during term time help push unauthorised school absences to record high
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  • Mar 21, 2019
Term-time holiday fines rise 75% in crackdown
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  • Mar 21, 2019
Unauthorised absences hit record high
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  • Mar 21, 2019
School holiday fines: Parents hit by penalties rise 93%
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  • Mar 21, 2019
School absence fines soar by 74% after Supreme Court term-time holiday ruling
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  • Mar 21, 2019
School absence rates continue to rise
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  • Mar 21, 2019
Holiday in term time: Parents ignoring 'taking children out of school ban' soars
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  • Jan 28, 2019
Four in ten parents have risked a £1,000 fine and even prison to take kids out of school for term-time holidays to save money
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  • Jan 28, 2019
Two in five say term-time holidays OK for primary pupils
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  • Jan 24, 2019
Lancashire school's '£1,000 holiday fine' warning denied
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  • Jan 21, 2019
Damian Hinds: £1K holiday fines won't be used
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  • Jan 21, 2019
Parents receive warning of £1,000 term-time holiday fines, but council disputes plan
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  • Jan 21, 2019
£1,000 fine for term-time holidays could be illegal
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  • Jan 21, 2019
Parents 'face £1,000 fines' for taking children on holiday during term time
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  • Jan 20, 2019
Parents could face £1k fine for term-time holidays
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  • Jan 20, 2019
Parents face huge £1,000 fine PER CHILD for taking children on holiday in term-time
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  • Jan 20, 2019
Prosecutions of parents for their child's truancy soar to 20,000 a year after a ban on term-time holidays
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  • Jan 9, 2019
Parents are fined £240 for taking their children to Turkey during school term
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  • Nov 15, 2018
A term-time holiday? Not even for you, Mr Gladstone
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  • Aug 23, 2018
Must try harder...Education chief's letter full of errors gets a D minus for spelling
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  • Aug 11, 2018
Education chief gets a D for letter full of spelling errors
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  • Aug 11, 2018
Farther marks and grades letter from education boss fining him which was littered with spelling mistakes
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  • Aug 10, 2018
Scotland: Investigate pupil absences in last week of term, MSPs told
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  • Aug 10, 2018
Scotland: Half of children miss end of term to beat holiday price rises
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  • Aug 9, 2018
Dying mum told she can’t take son out of school for last ever holiday together because it’s not ‘exceptional circumstances’
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  • Aug 4, 2018
Mum dying from terminal cancer was refused permission to take son out of school for last ever holiday
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  • Aug 4, 2018
Dying mother told she couldn’t take son on holiday without ‘exceptional circumstances’
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  • Aug 4, 2018
The curmudgeon's 4-step guide to the end of term
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  • Jul 16, 2018
Children are being prevented from taking ballet exams due to term time holiday rules, Royal Academy of Dance says
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  • Mar 29, 2018
Term-time holiday rules stop children taking dance exams
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  • Mar 29, 2018
Is it okay to take term time holidays?
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  • Mar 28, 2018
Statistics: pupil absence
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  • Mar 22, 2018
Unauthorised pupil absences at record high but fewer parents fined for taking children out of school
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  • Mar 22, 2018
Rise in number of pupils taking term-time holidays
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  • Mar 22, 2018
Rise in unauthorised pupil absences blamed on term-time holidays
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  • Mar 22, 2018
More pupils take term-time holidays, data shows
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  • Mar 22, 2018
Parents fined £6.5 million last year for taking kids out of school during term time - a year on from new absence laws
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  • Mar 22, 2018
School absences: 10 key facts we learned today
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  • Mar 22, 2018
Unauthorised absence rate highest since records began
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  • Mar 22, 2018
Fewer fines for missing school despite rise in the absence rate
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  • Mar 22, 2018
Pupil absence fines down 5.4%
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  • Mar 22, 2018
TV benefits couple fined more than £700 for taking children out of school to go on holiday
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  • Mar 20, 2018
Parents budget for term time holiday fines rather than keep their children in school, campaigners say
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  • Mar 15, 2018
Daily roundup 15 March: Holidays; criminal responsibility, and gambling
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  • Mar 15, 2018
Parents pay £24million in truancy fines over three years for term-time holidays
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  • Mar 15, 2018
Parents fined £24m for children's truancy and term time holidays
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  • Mar 15, 2018
Postcode lottery of pupil absence fines revealed
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  • Mar 2, 2018
Holiday warning: How much could you be fined for taking kids on holiday during term time?
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  • Feb 7, 2018
Can you take your children on holiday during term time and what’s the fine if they miss school?
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  • Jan 17, 2018
Parents who were fined £480 for taking their eight children to Tenerife in term time argue it was cheaper than paying £2,500 more to travel a week later in school holidays
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  • Jan 11, 2018
Why holidaying during term-time is a bad idea
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  • Jan 11, 2018
A million days of term-time ‘holidays’ damaging education
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  • Jan 2, 2018
Court ruling on term-time holidays backfires, as figures show surge in unauthorised absences 
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  • Oct 19, 2017
Unauthorised absences up despite government crackdown
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  • Oct 19, 2017
Unauthorised absences rise across primary and secondary schools
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  • Oct 19, 2017
Headteacher banned after trip to Cuba in termtime
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  • Jul 15, 2017
Headteacher who took a trip to Cuba during term time banned from schools
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  • Jul 14, 2017
Butlins helped parents’ group lobby for term time holidays
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  • Jul 9, 2017
Carol Midgley: My daughter was two minutes late. Now the police were involved . . .
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  • Jul 5, 2017
Father taken to court over a term-time Disney World holiday says he should have just paid the £60 fine
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  • Jun 26, 2017
School holidays row: Isle of Wight man loses legal fight over daughter's absence
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  • Jun 23, 2017
Trust’s shorter summer holiday policy causes rise in term-time absence
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  • Jun 23, 2017
Taxpayers' £140,000 bill to hound dad who refused to pay £60 fine for taking his daughter on a term-time break
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  • Jun 23, 2017
Term-time holiday legal battle has cost taxpayers almost £140,000 so far
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  • Jun 23, 2017
School holiday case cost six teachers’ pay
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  • Jun 23, 2017
Taxpayers forked out nearly £140,000 on term-time holiday court battles, figures show
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  • Jun 23, 2017
Tutor agency claims it has found a term-time holiday ‘loophole’
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  • May 26, 2017
Daily roundup 23 May: Term-time holidays, Manchester attack, and homeless families
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  • May 23, 2017
Soaring numbers of parents are taking children out of school in term time because the £60 fine is 'no deterrent'
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  • May 23, 2017
Ban holiday homework and allow children to relax, says headmaster
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  • May 22, 2017
Unauthorised term-time holidays soar in England after legal challenge
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  • May 18, 2017
Headteachers back plan to cut summer holidays in Cardiff to five weeks
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  • May 18, 2017
Number of pupils on term-time holidays rises following High Court judgement
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  • May 18, 2017
Latest advice on authorised term-time pupil absence
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  • May 9, 2017
Why parents should resist the temptation of term-time holidays
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  • May 2, 2017