Holidays in term time
TERM TIME ABSENCE INFORMATION TO PARENTS/CARERS FROM SEPTEMBER 24
The law around taking holidays in school term time has changed and unless there is an exceptional circumstance for you to take children on holiday, all requests will be refused. If parents still decide to take their child out of school for a holiday, then we have to record this as unauthorised.
Please be aware that periods of unauthorised absence could lead to the involvement of the Education Welfare Officer (EWO) and could ultimately lead to a fixed penalty notice.
From September 2024 the ‘H’ code (holiday permission has been granted) has been removed from School Systems and has been replaced with the following codes:
G - Holiday not granted by school. This does not mean you won’t be able to go on a holiday, it simply means that Marton Primary School will not be able to authorise the absence because the law does not permit us to do so