An increase in parents working from home since the pandemic could be fuelling an unacceptable rise in children being absent ...
Unauthorised school absences have jumped by 25 per cent on pre-Covid levels, and have been found to be 20 per cent higher on Fridays ... that parents’ home-working arrangements are to blame ...
Unauthorised school absences are reported to have increased by 25 per cent compared with before the pandemic, and have been found to be 20 per cent higher on Fridays ... pupil absences on Fridays ...
An analysis of Government figures has shown unauthorised absences are 20 per cent higher on Fridays ... with many parents working from home.' The Cabinet minister said that being in school was ...
The education secretary has claimed that parents working from home ... weekends. School absences on Fridays have surged by 20 per cent, and unauthorised holidays are 25 per cent higher than ...
Parents working from home have contributed to an “unacceptable” rise in pupils skipping school on Fridays ... show absenteeism is stubbornly higher than before 2020. Recent figures show ...
Parents are allowing their children to skip school on Fridays while they work ... than half of their lessons. Ms Keegan blamed a rise in working from home, which boomed over the pandemic, as ...