article_snippet.sent: Mrs Wakefield said Mrs Wakefield daughter's school, the Manchester Communication Academy, refused to give The mother-of-two permission to take The mother-of-two daughter abroad during term last year.
article_snippet.sent: The trip, at the end of the six-weeks' holiday, meant the pupil missed six days of lessons at the start of the new school year.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Wakefield said Mrs Wakefield doesn't like the school telling The mother-of-two what to do, and took her daughter out of Manchester Communication Academy during term time to go on holiday .
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Wakefield, who has another daughter Amber, 21, added: 'We told the truth and told the school We were going on holiday.
article_snippet.sent: We don't like being told when you can go on holiday by teachers.
article_snippet.sent: A spokeswoman for the school said Manchester City Council is pursuing legal action on Manchester City Council behalf.
article_snippet.sent: A council spokesman said: 'Local authorities have a statutory obligation to take action on non- attendance in schools, and although schools work very closely with pupils and parents to ensure pupils are in school every day Local authorities should be, legal action is sometimes necessary to enforce this.'