Parents who take their children out of school to go on holiday are damaging their life chances, the shadow education secretary warned yesterday.
Bridget Phillipson urged parents to 'reflect seriously' on the impact of unnecessary absences on their youngsters and the wider school community. In an interview yesterday, she said that while it can be 'tough', it is 'really important that children are in school' as 'every day matters'.
Do you think parents are going to swallow that now? When you did nothing during lockdown but slavisly support the government?
Ms Phillipson's comments came as a new poll found almost one in three parents believe the coronavirus pandemic has shown it is not essential for children to attend school every day.
One wonders exactly what's wrong with the other two thirds that they don't believe that.
