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21st September 2023
01:10pm BST

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"Post-COVID, parents no longer felt that to be the case, and instead view attending school as one of several - often competing - options or demands on their child on a daily basis, against a backdrop of a more holistic approach to daily life," the report reads.
A large number of parents deem holidaying during the academic term 'socially acceptable.'
In the report, a mother of two primary-school-aged children from Manchester confessed: "Pre-COVID, I was very much about getting the kids into school, you know, attendance was a big thing. Education was a major thing.
"After COVID, I'm not [going to] lie to you, my take on attendance and absence now is like I don't really care anymore. Life's too short."
A mother of one from Bristol also felt a shift in her attitude towards this, saying that her family used to go skiing in February half-term, but now she questions why she didn't just book for a cheaper week in January during school term.
The report's recommendations call for fines for school absences to be 'potentially abolished' as it may suggest they are failing to change parent behaviour and ultimately 'undermine' the relationship between schools and parents.
Do you agree?