«Breaking News» Parents are fined £240 for taking kids to Turkey during school term

A young couple could have to pay a £240 fine after taking their children on holiday during term time.  

Kirk and Samantha Wheeler, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, were given the fine for flying to Turkey for a week with their two boys, Joshua and Leo, both eight-years-old.

The couple are prepared to fight the fine in court and said they had 'absolutely no choice' as it was the only time they could get off work.

Kirk and Samantha Wheeler said they had 'absolutely no choice' to take their children out of school during term time

Following the holiday they were fined £60 each per child for taking their children out of Grimsby's Woodlands Academy.

Mr Wheeler said: 'I just recently started a new job on the Immingham Docks, and work in a system where we are in six man gangs, and only one person can be off at any one time.

'Because of this, when I started the job I just was not able to get the time off work for the original time that we booked the holiday in October.'

They went to the school before the holiday and submitted a holiday request, which was turned down.   

After deciding they had 'no other option' but to take the family on holiday when they did, the family also feel they are being 'punished for working'. 

The family took their children out of Grimsby's Woodlands Academy to go to Turkey

Mrs Wheeler said: 'Our boys have never missed school regularly before, and we always make sure that their attendance is good.

'But in this unique circumstance we felt that we had no choice but to take them out of school, as the holiday had been paid for over a year ago.

'If I am honest, I think the boys learned more on holiday than they would have done in school, Leo had never been abroad before and now he has even learned how to swim.'

The family believe they have a case to fight against their 'unfair fine' in court.

Under the Department of Education guideline, a child can only miss school if they are too ill to attend or received planned permission from the school.

Following the holiday they were fined £60 each per child for taking their children out of Grimsby's Woodlands Academy

Headteachers have the ability to allow term-time absences but only if an application is made in advance and in exception circumstances, such as a parent's wedding, a religious festival, or if a parent is to be deployed in the Armed Forces.  

Woodlands Academy head teacher Rachel Green said: 'I do not wish to comment on individual cases.

'However, what I would say is the law states children must attend school on a regular basis and head teachers must only grant leave of absence in exceptional circumstances.

'Holidays are not classed as exceptional circumstances and this has been proven in law.'

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Kirk and Samantha Wheeler, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, were given the fine for flying to Turkey for a week with their two boys, Joshua and Leo, both eight-years-old.
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