Two parents have hit out at being fined a whopping £480 for taking their children on holiday during term time, describing it as a punitive punishment.
Paul Benson said the current system of fines was 'unfair' and that holidays during school term times were 'significantly' cheaper. Mr Benson and wife Jessica took their children, Ruby and George, who are currently at primary school, to Florida twice and were fined £240 on each occasion.
They were given warnings before their last trip, in September, that it would have a detrimental effect on their children's education. "My wife is a hospital theatre nurse who worked during the Covid crisis and they have a massive backlog of operations they are doing at the moment and it is difficult for us to get time off when we can all go together," he told YorkshireLive.
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