Teachers who are having to teach children to get them through their exams, and are having to say that with term time holidays every single week there could be a child missing . Theres always kids off school sick. And sometimes kids off with term time holidays. The issue is blown out of all proportion because, for every child who misses a day because of a term time holiday, there are 12 days missed because of illness. The cost of holidays outside of term time, home and abroad, is a worry for lots of families. So whats happended since last years case . 108 councils in england responded to our questions. 35 councils say they have changed their policy since the judgment. Five more are reviewing theirs. 28 have dropped cases against parents. 22 have noticed parents taking more term time holidays. Councils from the Isle Of Wight to the north of england have different policies. Some Issue Thousands of fines. Others almost none. One dads battle here on the Isle Of Wight has implications for pa
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