[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by smudgie

I don't mean it as a potshot Dezzy.
I think more of the rights for the child to have a full education, if even a couple of kids in any one classroom go on holiday out of official school holidays it can throw the whole class off course.
Teacher having to play catch up with the kids that have been away etc.
I do sympathise with the hike in cost of a holiday in peak times, but it won't hurt to find a cheaper form of holiday.
Plenty of kids out there whose parents can't afford to go to Disney and the likes but manage to give their kids a decent enough holiday, even if it is camping.
Quality time together is the important factor for me.

A week or two isn't going to affect a kid's education though never mind anyone else's, it's not like they're going on a six month expedition to Peru. In Year 9, I was off school for two months and it didn't affect my education enough to prevent me from exceeding expectations in my exams that year.

If it's that much of a concern then surely the school could provide handouts for what was missed so the parents that insisted on taking them out of school can help catch them up.