U.K. Influencer Family with 22 Kids Reportedly Fined for Pulling Them Out of School to Go to Disney World

A family of British influencers has reportedly received a good for taking immoderate of their kids retired of schoolhouse to spell to Disney World earlier this year. 

Noel and Sue Radford are nan stars of nan U.K.’s 22 Kids and Counting connected Channel 5. The show follows nan family arsenic they raise 21 kids successful their 10-bedroom location successful Morecambe, Lancashire.

Earlier this year, nan Radfords opted to return a travel to Orlando, Fla. to sojourn Walt Disney World. During their travels, nan family posted various highlights including characteristic meet-and-greets, parades, rides and nutrient from nan parks to Instagram. 

According to a study from section outlet LancsLive, arsenic a consequence of nan trip, nan family was fined for failing to guarantee regular attendance astatine schoolhouse for 4 of their children betwixt March 24 and May 1. The study claims nan Preston Magistrates Court charged £65 (about $84) per kid on pinch £118 (about $155) tribunal costs.

Last year, nan U.K.’s Department for Education introduced a caller good for parents taking children retired of school. A press release astatine nan clip cited grounds for amended wellbeing and schoolhouse capacity for those pinch bully attendance.

“There are only a fewer occasions wherever a kid is allowed to miss school, specified arsenic unwellness aliases wherever nan schoolhouse has fixed support because of an exceptional circumstance,” nan section wrote connected Aug. 19, 2024. “However, if your kid misses schoolhouse without a bully reason, section councils and schools tin intervene and you whitethorn beryllium issued a fine.”

Legal councils and schools whitethorn rumor parents fines arsenic good parenting orders, acquisition supervision orders aliases a schoolhouse attendance order.

“Ensuring young group person a bully acquisition and person a bully commencement successful life is 1 of our cardinal priorities,” a Lancashire County Council spokesperson tells LancsLive. “Evidence shows that attainment is linked to attendance, truthful supporting our schools pinch this rumor is important.”

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Noel and Sue Radford had their first kid together erstwhile Sue was 14 and Noel was 18. They later joined erstwhile she was 17 and he was 21. They now stock 22 children ranging successful property from 5 to 36. They besides person 13 grandchildren.

The family primitively recovered fame via a 2012 U.K. docuseries called 15 Kids and Counting and later successful their solo series, which debuted successful 2023.

They added: "The laws connected attendance are very clear and location are immoderate morganatic reasons why pupils can't ever spell to school… We ever promote schools to activity intimately pinch parents to trim unauthorized absences and our purpose is to guarantee that children and young group be schoolhouse and person a bully education."

Neither nan Radfords nor representatives for nan Preston Magistrate Court instantly replied to PEOPLE’s petition for comment.