Holiday Dates

Term time holidays  are not permitted and will only be authorised in exceptional circumstances. Any time missed from school is damaging to a pupil’s learning and will impact on their progress and achievement. Where holidays are taken without permission, absences will be recorded as unauthorised. If children miss 5 days / 10 sessions or more, a penalty notice will be applied for.

If holidays are taken, and 10 sessions of school or more are missed, then a Penalty Fine will be issued. The cost of this is £80 per parent / carer per child if paid within 21 days of receiving a penalty fine. An example of how this might work is:

If a family of two parents and two children have a holiday in term time and the children miss 10 school sessions or more, the parent / carers would be fined £320 in total (£80 for each child, multiplied by 2 as two parents / carers live in the home).

Whilst it is unlikely that holidays will be allowed, a holiday form still needs to be completed so that school know where children are and can complete our registers accurately. To request time away from school T for your child(ren), please complete the attached form.