Families still prepared to holiday in school term time

Date: 2010.10.30 | Category: Latest News | Tags:

A survey by moneysupermarket has found that 31% of parents would take their children on holiday during school term time.  It was back in 2004 when the Government introduced fines to try and discourage parents from taking their children on holiday during the school term with penalites starting from £50 and rising to £100.

While the threat of fines had an impact when initally launched these survey results have shown a big jump in parents prepared to take the risk compared to previous years.  With holiday prices being much higher during the school holidays – a recent Daily Telegraph analysis showing a half term holiday premium of 69% – and the increased pressure on family budgets during the economic difficulties, this is not a great surprise.

Interestingly the survey also found that a third of parents considered travel to be an important part of their children’s education – or was this a case of decision justification – while only 21 per cent of parents believed that a holiday during the school term could not be justified under any circumstances.

So what would you do?  Does missing the odd day at the endof term really make a difference?  Should the fines be stronger?

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