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UK Schools: When your child is and isn't allowed to be taken out of school
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Hello, my name is Amber Owlett and I'm a journalist specialising in education.
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New figures have shown that the number of fines issued for term time holidays hit a
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record high in the last school year.
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The government has recently taken steps to curb this practice, including raising the
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unauthorised absence fine from £60 to £80.
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Here are the rules for taking your child out of school during the term, including when
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it is and is not allowed.
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You are allowed to keep your child home when they're sick, but also in what are called
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exceptional circumstances.
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This might be a family crisis, a death, or a funeral, but you still need to let the school
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know.
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You're also allowed to keep your child home if the council usually transports them to
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school but they can't that day, or if you're a traveller family, children can stay home
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when you're moving or travelling for work.
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Other reasons for missing school are typically considered unauthorised absences.
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Local authority guidelines on these typically include things like parent or sibling illness,
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non-urgent medical treatment, truancy, or a child just not wanting to turn up.
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They also do include term time holidays, which strictly speaking are not allowed.
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It's worth noting that the government has specified that a family holiday, even if it
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may be considerably more affordable outside of the school holiday period, cannot be counted
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as an exceptional circumstance either.
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