on April 10, 2015 in World News
Bailiffs visit parents who took child out of school
Bailiffs visit parents who took child out of school Parents hit with £1,200 bill after taking teenage son on holiday during school term Parents who took their teenage son out of school without permission for a five-day holiday ended up with a £1,200 bill and a visit from the bailiffs. The couple were originally fined £120 over the 14-year-old’s unauthorised absence from Sweyne Park School, an academy in Rayleigh, Essex. But after an unsuccessful appeal the unnamed couple were taken to court under the Education Act 1996, which allows education authorities to impose fines on parents who fail to send… View Article
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