Over half of parents who have been fined for taking their children out of school for a term-time holiday say they would do so again.
Research by online flight booker Kiwi.com shows 49% of parents have taken their children out of school during term time and of those, 70% have been fined.
The majority, 58% say they would do it again.
Three quarters (73%) of all parents say they are on the side of Jon Platt, who earlier this year lost his High Court battle for the right to take his children out of school during term time.
When asked whether it is wrong to fine parents who take children on holiday during term time, two-thirds (66%) agreed.
Parents say they save on average £686 booking holidays during term time and 48% say it’s not just price that affects their decision – they are also competing with other colleagues to take off the same holiday dates.
The data also reveals 81% of parents think holiday costs are too high during July and August, and is the main reason they take their children out of school during term-time.
Visiting family and relatives abroad is also a contributing factor to term-time absences as it seems getting everyone together can only ever be done around universal and expensive holiday periods such as Christmas and the summer holidays.
Over two-fifths (44%) of parents have taken their children out of school for family/relative related reasons.
