Children and parents feel school is “optional”, especially on Fridays, after two years of Covid disruption, a school governor has warned.
Education expert Professor Chris Taylor said penalties for not sending children to school must be re-imposed to get children back into classrooms.
Latest Welsh Government data shows nearly one in 10 children are still missing from classrooms in Wales - and even more among older secondary pupils, especially in key exam years. That's equivalent to tens of thousands of children regularly missing school.
