a couple who took their 14-year-old son out of school without permission for a five-day holiday to spain were forced to pay a £ 1,230 fine after bailiffs were called in .
they were originally fined £ 120 for the unauthorised absence from sweyne park school in rayleigh , essex , after being convicted in november 2014 of failing to ensure their child regularly attended school .
after the unnamed family , essex , appealed unsuccessfully against the fine and , after they did not pay , court bailiffs visited on march 6 demanding £ 1,230 .