Study suggests there has been a ‘radical shift’ in attitudes towards when children should be in school since the pandemic
Term-time holidays are “entirely socially acceptable” after Covid, parents have said in a study which raises the alarm about a sharp rise in the number of pupils missing school.
Parents of children across England who have missed school in the past year took part in focus groups over the summer to investigate changing attitudes to school attendance.
The Public First study found that post-Covid, parents no longer felt that ensuring a child’s daily attendance at school was fundamental to good parenting.
Term-time holidays “are now entirely socially acceptable across all socioeconomic groups” the study found.