‘Odd days off’ school damage your children, parents told
Odd days away from school can damage children’s mental health as well as their academic results, the government will tell parents in a new campaign.
Absence has soared since the pandemic and experts warn that many families no longer see the need for children to attend every day. Some schools are blighted by severe absence with pupils turning up less than half the time.
Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, will announce on Monday investment inattendance hubs and attendance mentors to help schools tackle absence problems over the next three years.
There will also be a national marketing campaign to parents on the importance of attendance, under the slogan “Moments matter, attendance counts”.
The government said it wanted to target families who saw nothing wrong with
