Thirty-five councils in England have changed their policy on fining parents who take their children out of school on holiday.
The figure was revealed by the BBC, ahead of the Supreme Court case this week, in which judges will consider what constitutes ‘regular attendance’.
The Supreme Court will meet to hear the case of Isle of Wight father Jon Platt, who was fined by his local authority for taking his daughter out of school for a term-time holiday.
The BBC gathered information from 108 councils and found 35 have changed their policy as a direct result of Jon Platt’s case.
A further five are currently reviewing their guidelines and 28 have withdrawn fines issued to parents.
The BBC investigation found a ‘remarkable variation in the number of fixed penalty notices issued to parents’.
Of the councils that provided information, 22 told the BBC the number of parents taking term-time holidays has increased.
