Fines for parents not sending their children to school are to be re-imposed in Wales. The Welsh Government has announced that schools can again use fines as a last resort.
Education Minister Jeremy Miles announced the change as part of the lifting of Covid restrictions in schools. You can see live updates from his press conference here. More than one in 10 children are still absent from school on average and you can read what headteachers have been saying about that here.
Mr Miles has also announced that all Covid rules are to be scrapped in schools. See that full announcement here. In a letter to headteachers on Tuesday, May 3, he said: "While Fixed Penalty Notices have been available to Local Authorities during the pandemic, we have generally recommended against their use.
