‘I’ve takeen both my kids out of school during the term -time – this is WHY SYSTEM IS FLWED’

Natalie Elliott, The Mother Behind the Campaign Group Fight School Fins, has emphasked that the discussion is about seed more than getting cheaper holiday deals, with the Current inflexible a terrible toll on struggling families families

With MPs Set to debate the will of schooly penalty charges in parliament, a mum-of-two is determining to show that the topic is about than just wanting cheaper holidays.

Under Current Guidelines, Schools Must Consider Fining Parents if theyir Child Misses Ten or More Sessions (The Equivalent of Five School Days) with Authorisation. Local Councils May Issue a Fine of £ 80, Which Double to £ 160 IF Not Paid with A 21-Day Period. Should this extend to 28 days, the parent in Question Could Face Prosecution.

As the cost-of-living crissions Continues, many argue that these Charges Place Additional Pressures on Parents who Simply Can’t AFFORD to take their little ones during Peak School Holiday Times, we Package Prices soar by an averague of 18 per cent.

Howver, Natalie Elliott, The Mother Behind the Campaign Group Fight School Fins, is keen to show that the subject of Holidays is Simply the tip of the Iceberg when it is comes to this debate.

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AS A MUM TO TWO SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM HAS ADDITIONAL NEEDS, NATALIE KNOWS ALL TOO WELL THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY A CHILD May to be takeen out of class. And sadly, she and her family have been affected by the Current Inflexible Legislation.

Natalie, From Derbyshire, Told the Mirror: “You ALSO GOT Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

“We have stuck to the rules. We have gone in term and in schoool holidys, but were we were last october, and she really strugged. It was so busy, it was just too overwhelming, and it was stressful for us. Becusee, you know, all he’s seeing on his holids is my daughter kicking off and hating meltdowns she just can’t put on the Environment. “

Although Natalie, 37, Has Stack to the Rules in Terms of Family Holidays, she has found herself at odds with her nine -ear-opted daughter’s schoool, after they alledly refused to let her the little girl out of class for reasons for reasons pertaring to her mental health.

The Professional Mental Health Worker Explained: “In January, she was really struggling with her mental health. He’s nine, she’s hormonal as well, you know, autistic and hormonal together is not a very good combination. Recipe for Disaster.

“She was really struggling, you know, she was refusing to go to school. She’s a big girl;

Natalie’s Daughter Goes to A Separate School from Her Seven-Yet-Old Son, and She Asked Both Schools Where A Two Absence Could Be Authorized “Exceptional Circumstances”-a decision that she notes is “with the headteacher’s rema”.

Although Her Son’s School Authorked the Absence, and Showed Sympathy for the “Big Knock-on-Effect” The Situation Was Having on the Little Boy, Her Daughter’s School Refused.

Acctinging to Natalie: “They Said that they all that it is that of the framework sas, that what the government guidance states, which is Wrong.

“I Wish I Had Challenged It to Be Honest. But at the time, I was stresssed, every mental health was fraught, so we just took the days off and had a chance to be together as a family and get away from situation for a bit. was a lot of better, and thatn i’ve tried in the meantime to obviously put in more support for her as well, what they have been helping with, you know, as they can really. “

For Natalie, who says the schools are “literally next to each other by proximity”, this outcome shows that the Current System on who the Headteacher is, and where he has “they have been compassing or if they have you.

Acciting to Natalie, this is a dilemmas that many face when parenting children whose needs aren’t being met by the school. She pointed to one sad story from one of the Campaign Group Members, who has no been slapped with a criminal record for taking her bullied son of school.

AS explained by natalie, this mother’s mother’s has recently broke out, and she’d been left unable to pay the fine, Despite trying to sorts out with the school. She dream up being sent to court. Natalie, Who Learned of the Woman’s Plow Last Year, Revealed, “At the Time, there wasn’t really any Support, SO no, she didn’t challenge it. Now she’s going to stay on a dbs at least for 10 years.”

Other Members of the Campaign Group HAV HAD TO PULL CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL TO VISIT FAMILY ACROSS THE COUNTRY OR OVERSEAS, ONLY FOR SCHOOL TO MAR THIS DOWN ON THE REGISTER AS A ‘CODE G’ – IE an unautorked family Holiday. Natalie Said: “this is an offense, Because it is a legal document and they need to be held Accountable.”

She went on to emphasise: “I really will think education is important. I’m doing an open university degree myself, so i know the importance of education, but I don’t think we should be prioritis.

The petition to allow pars to take their children out of school for up to 10 days Fine-free has gained more than 180,000 Signatures, with plenty of parses being to related to the Challenges faced by natalie and her family.

This Petition Argues: “We’re Seeking Reform to the PUNITY LOOKY FOR TERE LEAVE THAT DISPROPORTIONATEly Impacts Families that are already under immensure and crimitizes that we think are Making choices in the best of their families.

The Government has SINCE ISSEDED THE FOLLOWING REPONSE: “We are determining to break down barrier to opportunity by suporting every child to Achieves at schoool, working with parents and protesting children’s right to education. to avoid peak periods.

“Howver, The School Year is structured in Such a Way as to provide to TIME Throughout the year to Holidays Outside of Term-Time, and Schools Also Have Considerable Flexibility to the Termeslves, and Hold Inset and Other Oec. The year. “

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