UK Serf Farm: You Must Send Your Children To The State Reeducation Facilities

Parents who took their teenage son out of school without permission for a five-day holiday ended up with a £1,200 bill and a visit from the bailiffs.
But after an unsuccessful appeal the unnamed couple were taken to court under the Education Act 1996, which allows education authorities to impose fines on parents who fail to send their children to school.

UK Serf Farm: You Must Send Your Children To The State Reeducation Facilities Scales-of-justice_2190214b

UK Serf Farm: You Must Send Your Children To The State Reeducation Facilities Scales-of-justice_2190214b

They were convicted in their absence and ordered to pay fines of £200 per parent plus costs and a victim’s surcharge.
The amount was left unpaid and court bailiffs arrived on the family’s doorstep threatening to remove items to settle the debt.
They were even threatened with prison if they refused to co-operate.
Essex County Council was accused of acting like the Stasi over the methods used to secure the sum, although a council spokesman said the decision to employ bailiffs was taken by the courts service.
The boy's grandmother, from Benfleet, Essex, paid the bailiffs in full to avoid goods being confiscated.
The grandmother, who asked not to be named, said: "My son rang me in a state of panic and I in turn rang the bailiff who informed me that if the eye-watering fine of £1,230 wasn't paid immediately they would force entry and remove goods to the value.
"These goods would then be auctioned and all charges would be added to the bill, making an estimated total of £3,500, while inability to pay would have automatically incurred a three month custodial sentence for both parents.”
She added: "He's a bright boy, my grandson, and he could easily hack five days off.
“I know it was wrong to take him out of school, but I thought the punishment was completely out of proportion - I thought it was a bit Stasi and Big Brother."
The couple took their son on holiday to Spain last year, pulling him out of the 1,300-pupil academy, which was rated “outstanding” by Ofsted, the schools inspectorate, in its most recent report in 2010.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/secondaryeducation/11525707/Bailiffs-visit-parents-who-took-child-out-of-school.html

UK Serf Farm: You Must Send Your Children To The State Reeducation Facilities

UK Serf Farm: You Must Send Your Children To The State Reeducation Facilities

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