Fines are not outweighing out the savings that families get from taking trips during term time Politics
With the school holidays now underway, Tesco is providing extra help to support children and their families this summer, as part of its Stronger Starts programme. The initiatives are in response to the crucial need to support children who would normally receive free school meals during term time and are therefore at risk of missing meals during the holiday period. Society
Parents can save hundreds, if not thousands of pounds, by taking holidays in term time. But they risk fines and disrupting their child's education Politics
An estimated two million parents anticipate taking their children out of school for summer holiday this year Society
Around half of parents say they cannot afford to take a holiday during the summer, with some families paying three times the cost of a break by booking during school holidays Politics
Blackness Primary School will close for the last time at the end of term, and parents and pupils gathered to say a final farewell. Politics
