I disagree with this ruling purely because when schools are out the pricing for holidays go up!
It's this that need stopping and not just in the UK.
Are they seriously telling us that all pupils back in my school days who had holidays during term ended up thick?
Did the hotels, caravans, boarding houses etc put their prices up back then?
As I didn't pay I have no idea but I remember we had our holidays in the August break and I can't see my dad paying higher prices - or maybe he did?
Either way I reckon one or two weeks off won't do that much damage.
solution anyone?
From DCC today
We await details of High Court ruling
19 May 2016
We're currently considering the implications of a High Court ruling on term-time holiday fines.
But we won't know exactly what it means for Derbyshire families until we get the full details of the judge's ruling.
"We're still waiting for the court's full written judgement,"
said our deputy cabinet member for children's services Councillor Caitlin Bisknell.
"It's unusual that it hasn't been released yet. But until we get it, we won't know its full implications."
The Government's rules on holidays in term time were thrown into doubt when the High Court upheld the Isle of Wight's magistrates' decision to find dad Jon Platt not guilty of failing to ensure his daughter's regular attendance at school after taking her on holiday to Florida.
He'd argued she'd attended school "regularly" − which is required by law − and won the backing of magistrates.
When the Isle of Wight Council appealed the magistrates' decision, High Court judges ruled in his favour.
The Government has now said it will look to tighten the rules on attendance.
Councillor Bisknell said:
"It's absolutely vital for children to attend school regularly and we work closely with our schools to improve attendance as we want to ensure as many Derbyshire children as possible are in school and learning.
"The revised policy on term-time holidays introduced by the Government in 2013 removed the discretion headteachers had in deciding whether or not to allow holidays during term time which has led to some parents being fined.
"The Government ruled that parents shouldn't take their children out of school for a holiday unless there are exceptional circumstances.
"We will be scrutinising the judge's written statement carefully as soon as it's released and we'll wait to see if the Government changes its policy on attendance.
"In the meanwhile, I'd urge parents in Derbyshire to bear with us until we know the full implications of the ruling."
The decision to issue penalty notices for unauthorised absence for holidays lies with headteachers who are following strict Government policy. We simply administer the process on the school's behalf.