Schools are getting tough on parents and carers who don’t send their children to school. Latest Welsh Government data out today shows absence is still a major problem across Wales with more than one in 10 pupils missing lessons on average since the start of the academic year - and more in some cases.
Fines for not sending children to classes were re-introduced at the end of last year after being put on hold during the pandemic. But one headteacher said £60 fines were not always enough.
Cardiff’s Meadowlane Primary has recently taken two sets of parents to court successfully because being fined had not worked to bring their children to school.
