A dad who took his 14-year-old daughter out of school to attend D-Day commemorations in France has been fined.
Neil Young said he contacted St Anselm’s Catholic School in Canterbury, Kent, to inform them that he would be taking Emily to France for the D-Day 80th anniversary.
After not hearing back from the institution, he concluded that there were no problem with Emily missing class.
However, he received a call from an attendance officer two days after arriving in Normandy to ask why his daughter had missed school.
The school later sent an email notifying him that the absence was unauthorised and that a decision would be made on whether to issue £60 fines to him and his wife, Annette.
"It was a bit of a blow and was not what we were expecting," he told The Telegraph.
"I am disappointed in the school for being like this. She had 100 per cent attendance last year and this year so far."
During the trip, a plaque for Emily’s great-grandfather was laid near the Standing for Giants installation.
Young said his family were invited to the "once-in-a-lifetime" trip by the Invicta Military Preservation Society.
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