By Helen Lawson PUBLISHED: 05:40 EST, 2 August 2012 | UPDATED: 06:50 EST, 2 August 2012 Brenda Branch defied her daughter's school to send her on holiday during term time and is furious with her £50 fine from the council A college teacher who was hit with a £50 fine for taking her daughter out of school during term time to go on holiday has said she is ‘fuming’ at the punishment. Brenda Branch asked for permission to keep 12-year-old daughter Serena out of Philips High School in Whitefield, Bury for a family break at Butlins in Skegness.
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School denied Brenda Branch permission to keep daughter Serena away during term time, but she sent the girl to Skegness with family anyway
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Says her family cannot afford to go away during school holidays
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Councils have power to fine parents for unauthorised absences
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Parents risk criminal record and court appearance if they do not pay up
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