Rules banning parents from taking children out of school during the term have been successfully challenged in a court of law.
Two sets of parents appeared in magistrates court in Swindon where they were accused of failing to secure regular attendance for their children.
One of the pupils had taken a five-day holiday in October last year without written permission. This meant he had attended 92.96% of lessons during the entire term, an average which dropped to 86.84% in the first half of the term.
The second couple had taken their primary-school child out of school for five days in September, giving them an attendance figure of 92.14%.
New rules set by the Department for Education mean a child will be considered a serious truant if they miss at least 10% of lesson time.
However, the court found that the period of absence should be based on the full term-period, rather than the shorter period.