Sky News published this video item, entitled “Ghost pupils: Why are children missing school?” – below is their description.
As schools go back after the summer there’s a warning, the problem of so-called ‘ghost children’ – who’ve struggled to return to regular lessons since the pandemic – is getting worse.
During the last academic year 124,000 pupils missed more than half of their classes – and since the start of the pandemic, almost 100,000 have disappeared from school rolls. Now the former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield warns the cost-of-living crisis is exacerbating the situation.
But in an exclusive interview with Sky News, education secretary James Cleverly says he’s introducing a series of measures to ensure more children are in school, such as targeted support and new guidance on fines for parents.
Our political correspondent Amanda Akass reports.
Produced and edited by Jasmine Kaur and Valerio Esposito
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