All absence from school affects your child's education. Taking a child on holiday during term-time could mean:
The Department for Education (DFE) amended the legislation surrounding Education Penalty Notices: The Education (Penalty Notices) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024, which came into effect on 19 August 2024.
Parents have no entitlement to take their child on holiday in term-time. Parents can be fined by the local authority for taking their child on holiday during term-time. From 19 August 2024, fines will increase, with any individual parent being liable for a fine not exceeding £160.
For more information on Education Penalty Notices, please visit our pay a school attendance fine page.
You can also read the following blog post from the Department of Education: Fines for parents for taking children out of school: What you need to know.
As a local authority, we fully appreciate the financial difficulties that some parents face when booking holidays, particularly during school holidays. However, we expect that all Salford schools to have firm policies and stringent checks to significantly reduce the number of unauthorised absences during term-time.
We will be monitoring all school absences during term-time and challenging schools and parents who don't follow the legislation.
Education Welfare Service Penalty Notice
This page was last updated on 14 August 2024