Jon Platt, who refused to pay a £120 fine for taking his daughter on an unauthorised term-time holiday, has won a High Court ruling in his favour. Magistrates had ruled that he had no case to answer as, overall, his daughter had attended school regularly. |--| Isle of Wight Council had asked the High Court to clarify whether a seven-day absence amounted to a child failing to attend regularly. |--| Speaking outside the court Jon Platt asked Jonathan Baker: "Is there really 100,000 parents who are so criminally incompetent that it warrants dragging them to court?". Please subscribe HERE.