A mother of Circus Acrobat who works seven days a week has said that she was fined taking her daughter on a two -week vacation outside the period, although she had no other option.
Performer Kelly travels the country with the circus every day, with only January and February every year.
The 32-year-old was fined because she had taken her daughter out of school for a holiday to the Canary Islands in January 2024.
She told the BBC: “That January and February is super important to us to have that downtime.”
Kelly's daughter is going to visit a school every week from Wednesday to Friday, but on Monday and Tuesday, she said, she is registered at other schools throughout the country, so that she can stay with her mother while travels with the group.
Kelly, who works during the weekend, said that her daughter 'loves to meet new people throughout the country while following the circus with her mother.
She added that children should get deadline breaks if their parents can prove that they cannot take a free time during school holidays.
Kelly said that although her daughter is 'tiring' in full -time training, it is nevertheless necessary and that she does not agree with parents who take their children out of school whenever they want.
Kelly, 32, travels the country with the circus every day, with only January and February every year
The mother was fined because she had taken her daughter out of school for a holiday to the Canary Islands in January 2024
This is because almost half a million fines were issued to parents in England during the last academic year for taking their children without permission.
The number of families who have a fine for taking vacation in the period has risen, because parents are increasingly rising at a week of education for their young people to avoid exorbitant holiday prices during the official school holiday.
Educational Data Department revealed that 487,344 fines were issued in 2023-24 -an increase of 22 percent on 398,796 fine knowledge of knowledge in the previous year.
And figures are noticeable since the pre-floor era. In 2018-19, only 333,388 fine knowledge were issued to parents.
The vast majority (91%) of the fines issued in 2023-24 was for unauthorized holidays.
In September the fines of the school in England rose from £ 60 to £ 80. A parent who gets a fine for the same child within a period of three years now receives a fine of £ 160.
The former conservative government announced these walks in February last year as part of a drive to stimulate post-Pandemic school visitors.
The government said that fines have a 'vital place in our system, so everyone is held responsible' because they ensure that children are at school.
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson said that school has become an 'epidemic'.
