A mum-of-three who is homeschooling her kids for three months so her family can go on holiday without the threat of court action has branded the government “a dictatorship” after being fined £480 in January for taking them to Portugal in term time. Jewellery designer Rachel Smith, 43, and her husband Stuart Smith, 41, who runs Airbnb properties, had already booked two family breaks with their children - Owen, nine, Ruby, seven and Zac, five - which involved missing four days of the school term,