Mum taking daughter out of latest college for £15k price of holidays says wonderful is ‘pathetic’
Carla Bellucci is taking her young daughter out of her new school for over five weeks for a string of lavish holidays — and says she doesn’t care about the potential fine
The mum-of-four was once a glamour model(Image: @pixbygiovanni)
Seven years have passed since Carla Bellucci earned the title of ‘Britain’s most hated woman’, following her confession on This Morning that she feigned mental health issues to secure a free £7,000 nose job on the NHS. Now, Carla is once again making headlines, this time for criticising the UK education system.
This comes after she announced plans to pull her daughter out of school for five weeks – despite the youngster having only just begun her schooling. The ex-glamour model is whisking her youngest, Blu, off to Malta this month.
However, after a week in Malta, Blu, who celebrates her fifth birthday in September, will also be absent from school in November, as she embarks on trips to America and the Bahamas lasting four weeks.
Speaking with the Mirror, Carla, a resident of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, stated: “She will miss out on nothing. In fact, I actually feel sorry for the kids whose parents abide by the system, they will miss out on life.”
Carla Bellucci pictured with Blu(Image: @pixbygiovanni)
The 44-year-old mother-of-four further commented: “Blu has a wonderful upbringing and is super intelligent and it’s down to me and her daddy not some teacher. She will learn more in a month in the states than a whole year in a school. I think there’s many big problems in the world and me taking Blu to the states for a month and being penalised just shows you how pathetic our government is.”
Carla, who has splurged £15,000 on these extravagant holidays, also plans to take Blu to Lapland in December, meaning the child will miss well over five weeks of school this year alone.
When asked whether she was tempted to prevent her daughter missing school so early on, she replied: “No, not once. We wanted to go those times of year because the weather is good and the crowds are lower and I have so many trips booked and I work around my schedule and will never work or move my plans because of schooling.”
Carla, a travel influencer, maintained that her daughter would gain more from experiencing the world, and the possibility of falling behind academically or socially wasn’t a worry.
Carla loves travelling the world(Image: @pixbygiovanni)
She emphasised that despite her reputation, she is a good parent, and that she did the same for her other children, who are now adults and thriving in life.
During her extensive travels to end 2026, she will also take Blu to the Walt Disney Resort in Orlando, and she said she would accept paying a fine from her daughter’s new school if she had to.
She even chuckled: “I’m a travel blogger and she will be taking out of school up to five times a year. Let’s see, because it’s me I’ll probably be arrested.”
Being penalised is a realistic possibility and current guidance says all schools are required to consider a fine when a child has missed five or more days. If the holiday is less than that, it is up to the school to decide on a suitable punishment.
The fine for school absences will be £80 per child and per parent if paid within 21 days, or £160 if paid within 28. Penalties per parent will be limited to two fines within any three-year span.
The mum-of-four was once a glamour model(Image: @pixbygiovanni)
Once this threshold has been met, other measures such as a parenting order or prosecution will be contemplated.
When can children miss school?
While taking children out of term time for a holiday greater than 5 days will result in a fine, there are five occasions where it is allowed.
- Your child is too ill to attend that day.
- You have asked in advance and been given permission by the school for your child to be absent on that day due to exceptional circumstances.
- Your child cannot attend school on that day because it is a day you are taking part in religious observance.
- Your local authority is responsible for arranging your child’s transport to school and it is not available on that day or has not been provided yet.
- You are a gypsy/traveller family with no fixed abode, and you are required to travel for work that day meaning your child cannot attend their usual school.
