While an immediate focus has rightly been placed on the basic safety of our school buildings – the very least teachers, children and their families should expect – there is a wider problem with attendance levels that we must all face up to and act upon.
The start of the new academic year in England marks a fresh start and an opportunity for children to reconnect with their peers and teachers.
It should be a time of nerves, excitement and maybe a little trepidation at what the new term will bring. But for a growing percentage of children these formative experiences risk passing them by. The price could be catastrophic for them personally and for us as a nation.
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