A dad has branded striking teachers as pathetic and sent them a fine as payback for the £360 bill he was slapped with after taking his three children on a term-time holiday in the sun.
Wesley Joyce enjoyed a £7,000-all-inclusive trip to Turkey last month, taking son Jai-Jai, 15, and daughters Cleo, 13, and Hallie, five, out of school. Along with wife Stacey, 34, the whole family went on the 10-day break, which Wesley, 42, says would have cost another £5,000 if they had gone in the school holidays.
They returned home to a letter stating they faced a £360 fine. And now teachers at his children's schools continue strike action meaning youngsters have been forced to stay at home and miss lessons.
