The Supreme Court has today granted permission to appeal in the term-time holiday case of Isle of Wight Council v Platt. The Council, with the support and funding of the Department for Education, is appealing against the decision of the Divisional Court reported at [2016] EWHC 1283 (Admin).
The Supreme Court’s announcement of its decision states that it hopes to schedule the appeal hearing for a date in the first quarter of 2017.