I’ve been fined for taking my daughter and niece out of school to go on holiday… and we haven’t even gone yet
A MUM who is taking her daughter and niece out of school to go on holiday has already been fined – despite the fact they haven’t actually left yet.
Tink is taking her daughter Ruby and niece Maisie away later this month, and handed a letter into school informing them of their planned vacation.
And doing so prompted them to issue her with a fine, regardless of the fact that they holiday has yet to happen.
“We got our first fine!” Tink said with a wide smile in a video on her TikTok page.
“I mean, we’re not even on a holiday yet and we’ve already got the fine!”
She added that the fine was given to her niece Maisie, and her daughter has yet to receive hers.
However, she’s well aware that it’s just a matter of time before Ruby gets one too.
People were quick to comment on the video, with one writing: “My parents had to pay £120 for missing 3 days!”
“£60!!!! That’s ridiculous you should not be fined at all,” another added.
As a third said: “I saw on the news this morning they putting the fine up by £20.
“Still cheaper than going in term term though.”
“Happily paying the £60 that’s coming my way so I can go away and save over £1k rather than going in the summer hols!” someone else commented.
“My mum once took me to centre parcs for a week and told the school I had the flu,” another wrote.
While someone else added: “I would rather pay the fines and make memories with my kids the school have the children way to much anyway.
“Life over rules!”
However, Tink had insisted in a previous video that she understands why she is being issued with a fine.
“I know I deserve to be fined because I’m taking the kids out of school,” she said.
“I understand that. I wasn’t saying that I didn’t deserve to be fined.
“The video was saying that I was gonna hand a noticing to say that I’m taking on holiday.
“Instead of lying or phone in up and saying that they’re ill or something, I’m writing a letter to say I’m going out of school.
“So I didn’t say I don’t deserve to be fined.”